Posts Tagged ‘Cambrian Explosion’
Are these key fossils from land or lagoon?
U. OREGON (US) — Ancient fossils, which scientists have considered ancestors of early marine life, are instead remnants of land-dwelling lichen or other microbial colonies, a geologist proposes. Continue…
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Giants were predators of ancient deep
YALE (US) — Fossils discovered in Morocco show that a group of prehistoric sea predators grew more than a foot longer and lived for 30 million years longer than previously thought. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 10, 2010 14:59 - 0 Comments
No explosion of skeletal animals
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — New research challenges the idea that a profusion of skeletal animals appeared on earth in a short burst beginning around 542 million years ago, during a time known as the “Cambrian Explosion.” (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 13, 2010 12:13 - 0 Comments
Morocco’s swimming in ancient sea creatures
YALE (US)—Paleontologists have discovered a rich array of exceptionally preserved fossils of marine animals that lived between 480 million and 472 million years ago. The specimens are the oldest yet discovered soft-bodied fossils from the Ordovician, which was marked by intense biodiversification. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 10, 2009 4:00 - 0 Comments
In African rocks, traces of evolutionary blast
UNC CHAPEL HILL (US)—New research has opened the door on what some consider to be the greatest event in the history of animal life: a massive evolutionary jumpstart during the Cambrian Explosion half a billion years ago. (more…)
