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The Emergence of Animals the Cambrian Breakthrough
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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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- Authors
- Mcmenamin, M. A. S., & Mcmenamin, D. L. S.
- Venue
- Columbia University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Published
- 1990-12-31
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- W576388385
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- 432
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- 6.84
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- book
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- en
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- closed
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