The Emergence of Animals The Cambrian Breakthrough - The Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology

Mark A. S. Mcmenamin, Dianna McMenamin

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The authors explore the late Precambrian and earliest Cambrian fossil record to explain the Cambrian phenomenon and discuss the possibility of a major turnover in marine ecology at the beginning of the Cambrian period or whether a new, improved type of animal appeared at this time. They support their often controversial conclusions with photos and illustrations of fossils, some never before published.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780231066471
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Imprint:	Columbia University Press
Pub date:	15 Jan 1990
Language:	English
Number of pages:	217
Weight:	408g
Height:	222mm
Width:	146mm
Spine width:	16mm