Cambrian Period

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological formation
gptkbp:climate generally warm
gptkbp:duration about 56 million years
gptkbp:endDate approximately 485.4 million years ago
gptkbp:firstArthropods appeared
gptkbp:firstBrachiopods appeared
gptkbp:firstChordates appeared
gptkbp:firstCnidarians appeared
gptkbp:firstEchinoderms appeared
gptkbp:firstMollusks appeared
gptkbp:firstSponges appeared
gptkbp:firstTraceFossils gptkb:Treptichnus_pedum
gptkbp:firstVertebrates appeared
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Ordovician_Period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cambrian Period
gptkbp:landLife minimal
gptkbp:location gptkb:Fortune_Head,_Newfoundland,_Canada
gptkbp:marineLife dominant
gptkbp:massExtinctionEvents none major, but several minor extinctions
gptkbp:namedFor gptkb:Adam_Sedgwick
gptkbp:nameOrigin Cambria (Latin name for Wales)
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Cambrian_explosion
rapid diversification of life
gptkbp:notableOrganization gptkb:Hallucigenia
gptkb:Marrella
gptkb:Opabinia
gptkb:Pikaia
gptkb:Wiwaxia
gptkb:Spriggina
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Chengjiang_biota
gptkb:Burgess_Shale
gptkb:Sirius_Passet
gptkb:anomalocaridids
gptkb:archaeocyathids
trilobites
gptkbp:oceanChemistry increased oxygen levels
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Paleozoic_Era
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Ediacaran_Period
gptkbp:significantEvent development of hard body parts
first appearance of many animal phyla
first complex ecosystems
gptkbp:startDate approximately 541 million years ago
gptkbp:subdivision gptkb:Furongian
gptkb:Miaolingian
gptkb:Series_2
gptkb:Terreneuvian
gptkbp:supercontinent gptkb:Siberia
gptkb:Baltica
gptkb:Gondwana
gptkb:Laurentia
gptkbp:type gptkb:Wales
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Paleozoic_Era
gptkb:Phanerozoic_Eon
gptkb:Furongian
gptkb:Miaolingian
gptkb:Zhou_Yutong
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6