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gptkbp:instanceOf
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geological formation
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gptkbp:atmosphere
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increasing oxygen levels
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gptkbp:climate
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generally warm
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gptkbp:continent
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smaller continents Laurentia, Baltica, Siberia
supercontinent Gondwana
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gptkbp:dividedInto
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gptkb:Furongian
gptkb:Miaolingian
gptkb:Series_2
gptkb:Terreneuvian
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gptkbp:duration
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about 56 million years
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gptkbp:endDate
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approximately 485.4 million years ago
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Ordovician_period
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Cambrian period
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Cambria,_Wales
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gptkbp:marineLifeDominated
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mollusks
arthropods
sponges
echinoderms
cnidarians
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gptkbp:namedFor
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gptkb:Adam_Sedgwick
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gptkbp:nameOrigin
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from Latin name for Wales (Cambria)
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gptkbp:notableFor
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gptkb:Cambrian_explosion
rapid diversification of life
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gptkbp:notableSite
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gptkb:Chengjiang_biota
gptkb:Emu_Bay_Shale
gptkb:Burgess_Shale
gptkb:Sirius_Passet
gptkb:anomalocaridids
gptkb:archaeocyathids
brachiopods
hallucigenia
opabinia
trilobites
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Paleozoic_Era
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Ediacaran_period
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gptkbp:significantEvent
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development of hard body parts
first appearance of many animal phyla
first complex ecosystems
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gptkbp:startDate
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approximately 541 million years ago
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:fish
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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