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Which geologic period followed the Devonian Period?
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Devonian Period
Distribution of landmasses, mountainous regions, shallow seas, and deep ocean basins during the early Devonian Period. Included in the paleogeographic reconstruction are the locations of the interval's subduction zones.
The geologic period that followed the Devonian Period is the Carboniferous Period. This period, which began approximately 358.9 million years ago, is the fifth interval of the Paleozoic Era.12