
Per Ahlberg
Professor

The Cambrian Period
Author
Editor
- Felix M. Gradstein
- James G. Ogg
- Mark D. Schmitz
- Gabi M. Ogg
Summary, in English
Appearance of metazoans with mineralized skeletons, “explosion” in biotic diversity and disparity, infaunalization of the substrate, occurrence of metazoan Konservat Fossil-lagerstätten, establishment of most invertebrate phyla, strong faunal provincialism, dominance of trilobites, generally warm climate but with possible
glacial-interglacial cycles in the later part, opening of the Iapetus Ocean, progressive equatorial drift and separation of Laurentia, Baltica, Siberia, and Avalonia from Gondwana characterize the Cambrian Period.
glacial-interglacial cycles in the later part, opening of the Iapetus Ocean, progressive equatorial drift and separation of Laurentia, Baltica, Siberia, and Avalonia from Gondwana characterize the Cambrian Period.
Department/s
- Lithosphere and Biosphere Science
Publishing year
2020-10-25
Language
English
Pages
565-565
Publication/Series
Geologic Time Scale
Volume
2
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Geology
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-0-12-824363-3
- ISBN: 9780128243619