North Carolina History

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    Chapter 1

    Chapter 1
    540 million B.C. First marine organisms with hard parts, such as clams, snails, and trilobites, appear in the fossil record.
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    Chapter 1
    420 million B.C. First major land plants appear in the fossil record.
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    270 million B.C. Appalachian Mountains begin to form