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Revision as of 20:05, 28 October 2008
Key events in the Cambrian period
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Orsten Fauna
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Burgess Shale
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Sirius Passet Fauna[1]
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Chengjiang Fauna
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First Trilobites
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First Arthropod trace fossils
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and Echinoderms
Neoproterozoic era
- (last era of the Precambrian super-eon)
Paleozoic era - (first era of the Phanerozoic eon)
An approximate timescale of key Cambrian events.
The Cambrian explosion took place during the lower Cambrian, but its duration is poorly defined.
Axis scale: millions of years ago.
The Cambrian explosion took place during the lower Cambrian, but its duration is poorly defined.
Axis scale: millions of years ago.
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- ↑ Budd, G.E. and Peel, J.S. (1998). A new xenusiid lobopod from the Early Cambrian Sirius Passet fauna of North Greenland. Palaeontology 41: 1201-1213.