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Fossils of early vascular plants have been discovered in the rocks of

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Cambrian
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Silurian
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Devonian
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Jurassic
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Solution

The correct option is B Silurian
The first fossil records of vascular plants, that is, land plants with vascular tissue, appeared in the Silurian period. The earliest known representatives of this group mostly from the northern hemisphere are placed in the genus cooksonia. So, the correct answer is " Silurian".

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