Cambrian Explosion

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:event
biological event
gptkbp:causedBy genetic innovations
ecological interactions
evolution of vision
increase in oxygen levels
gptkbp:characterizedBy rapid diversification of life
appearance of most major animal phyla
gptkbp:endDate about 485 million years ago
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Ordovician_period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cambrian Explosion
gptkbp:location gptkb:Earth
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Burgess_Shale
gptkb:Chengjiang
gptkb:Sirius_Passet
gptkbp:notableSpecies gptkb:Anomalocaris
gptkb:Hallucigenia
gptkb:Opabinia
gptkb:Pikaia
gptkb:Wiwaxia
gptkb:Trilobites
gptkbp:period gptkb:Cambrian_period
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Ediacaran_biota
gptkbp:relatedTo evolution
fossil specimen
mass extinctions
gptkbp:significance major evolutionary event
origin of complex animals
gptkbp:startDate about 541 million years ago
gptkbp:studiedBy paleontologists
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Great_Ordovician_Biodiversification_Event
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6