Cambrian Creatures

In my previous post I explored various aspects of the Cambrian period, and briefly covered Anomalocaris. However, there are several other weird and wonderful species that are characteristic of the Cambrian. Size Comparison Matt Martyniuk (Dinoguy2), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsNB Anomalocaris is shown here to be larger than now thought (Lerosey-Aubril & Pates,Continue

The Cambrian Period

Point in Geologic Time The Cambrian was the first period in the Palaeozoic Era, which was the beginning of the Phanerozoic Eon. It was thought to mark the first appearance of fossils in the fossil record, but this is no longer applicable as fossils have been found in older rock strata. United States Geological Survey,Continue