Cambrian Explosion

Connected Sites: 5

Definition
The Cambrian explosion was the relatively rapid appearance, around 542 million years ago, of most major animal phyla, as demonstrated in the fossil record (wiki)

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Connected Sites

  • Chengjiang Fossil Site
    Chengjiang Fossil Site
    China
    Inscribed: 2012
    1.71
    30
    7
    Chengjiang's fossils present the most complete record of an early Cambrian marine community with exceptionally preserved biota (Brief Description)
  • Mistaken Point
    Mistaken Point
    Canada
    Inscribed: 2016
    3.41
    34
    7
  • Lena Pillars
    Russia
    Inscribed: 2012
    3.56
    9
    3
    The site also contains a wealth of Cambrian fossil remains of numerous species, some of them unique (Brief Description)
  • Grand Canyon
    Grand Canyon
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.40
    381
    21

    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
    Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
    Canada
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.41
    180
    9
    Burgess Fossil Shale (The biota of the Burgess Shale appears to be typical of Middle Cambrian deposits - Wiki)