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the construction of animal biodiversity

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An edition of The Cambrian Explosion (2013)

The Cambrian Explosion

the construction of animal biodiversity

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"The Cambrian Period records one of the most extraordinary transitions in the history of life. Although animals may have first appeared nearly 700 million years ago, with the earliest sponges, their initial diversifications appear to have been modest until a richly diverse fossil fauna appeared relatively abruptly about 170 million years later. In The Cambrian Explosion, Erwin and Valentine synthesize research from many fields to explain why there was such remarkable novelty of animal forms"--

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416

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The Cambrian Explosion: the construction of animal biodiversity
2013, Roberts and Company, Roberts and Company Publishers
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Table of Contents

The geological context of Ediacaran and Cambrian events
The environmental context of the Ediacaran and early Cambrian
The Metazoan tree of life
Dawn of animals : the Ediacara biota
Metazoan architectures of the Cambrian explosion
The origin and evolution of Metazoan ecosystems
The evolution of the Metazoan genome an dthe Cambrian explosion
Ghostly ancestors
Constructing the Cambrian

Edition Notes

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Greenwood Village, CO

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Library of Congress
QE721.2.E85 D68 2013, QE721.2.E85D68 2013

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
x, 406 p.
Number of pages
416
Dimensions
27 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25428739M
Internet Archive
cambrianexplosio0000erwi
ISBN 10
1936221039
ISBN 13
9781936221035
LCCN
2012036689
OCLC/WorldCat
441208141

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The Cambrian Period records one of the most extraordinary transitions in the history of life. Although animals may have first appeared nearly 700 million years ago, with the earliest sponges, their initial diversifications appear to have been modest until a richly diverse fossil fauna appeared abruptly about 170 million years later. In The Cambrian Explosion, Erwin and Valentine synthesize research from many fields to explain why there was such remarkable novelty of animal forms. - Publisher.

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