21. During the earliest Paleozoic Era , the continent that would later become North America straddled the equator. 22. These Paleozoic Era fossils represent some of the earliest legged creatures, relatives of crabs and spiders. 23. At the end of the Paleozoic Era , the area was a vast and barren salt lake. 24. The seat of the First Empire of the serpent people, during the Paleozoic era , was Valusia. 25. Igneous and metamorphic rock from the Late Precambrian and Early Paleozoic era , make up the Highlands. 26. Local sediments were being eroded away rather than deposited during the remainder of the Paleozoic era . 27. During the early 1950s, in an attempt at political correctness, they were interpreted as Paleozoic Era landscapes. 28. The elevated peak is thought to have begun to rise in the Paleozoic era through tectonic rifts. 29. The Bohemian Massif and its foothills were formed in the Variscan orogeny of the late Paleozoic era . 30. These stones lie above a base of folded stones of the Paleozoic era ( Devonian, Carboniferous ).