The Ents were not created at that moment.
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When the thought of Iluvatar awakens, so also will the thought of Yavanna.
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Well, it ain't the actual quote, but it's saying the same thing.
When the Elves awoke, so also did the Ents, but this contradicts to what Treebeard told Merry and Pippin. For he told them that the Elves 'cured them from dumbness', so it can't be that they awoke at the same time.
Yet before all there were the Seven Fathers of Dwarves, so you might say that of all non-Ainur Durin is the eldest.
Well, it's quite a complicated thing to discuss, and has been discussed many times. I'll pop in again later.
greetings,
lathspell