I'M A BEAAAAAAAAAAARRR
wait like, we know, yknow, SORT of, the geological record, right. to some extent. like on an eon age or whatever. epochal. like, if we want to know what lived where you live ON GONWANNA just like, where was the land you were on WHEN IT WAS GONDWANNALAND? were you on the land or in the ocean? were you in a volcano still? well that's gonna make it harder. but like, we might be able to tell you what lived there but its probably gonna be NOTHING or maybe AMOEBAS AND SHIT for a good ass long time before plants exists. ask those "original" prototree things that are like, combo fungus anthill motherfuckers that i BET was sentient or something by different standards than HUMAN or ANIMAL WE KEEP AS A PET (EXISTENTIAL SLAVE FOR STUDY/AMUSEMENT, ON A SPECTRUM OF UTILITY/SCARINESS)