Cambrian - Wikipedia
While the early Cambrian showed such diversification that it has been named the Cambrian Explosion, this changed later in the period, when there occurred a sharp drop in biodiversity.
Cambrian Period - Fauna, Fossils, Evolution | Britannica
Cambrian Period - Fauna, Fossils, Evolution: Cambrian faunas, like those of the present day, are commonly dominated in numbers and kind by members of the phylum Arthropoda.
The 12 Strangest Animals of the Cambrian Period - ThoughtCo
May 14, 2025 · The invertebrates of the Cambrian period, over 500 million years ago, were some of the most odd-looking animals on Earth. This gallery of Cambrian fauna ranges from the aptly named …
Cambrian Period | Natural History Museum
Oct 28, 2012 · The unique Cambrian evolutionary fauna continues through the Paleozoic, but the Paleozoic fauna quickly come to dominate. The few remaining organisms of the Cambrian fauna are …
Meet the Cambrian critters - Understanding Evolution
A little more than half a billion years ago, during the Cambrian Period, life on Earth was dramatically different than it is today. Fossils from the Cambrian (like the one in the picture to the left) give clues …
What Was the Cambrian Fauna? A Look at Early Animal Life
Jul 29, 2025 · The Cambrian fauna refers to the diverse animal life forms that populated Earth’s oceans during the Cambrian Period. This geological period spanned approximately 541 million to 485 million …
Cambrian Period - National Geographic
The Cambrian Explosion saw an incredible diversity of life emerge, including many major animal groups alive today.