The Emergence of Animals: The Cambrian Breakthrough / Edition 1

by Mark A. S. Mcmenamin, Dianna McMenamin

Overview

The authors explore the late Precambrian and earliest Cambrian fossil record to explain the Cambrian phenomenon and discuss the possibility of a major turnover in marine ecology at the beginning of the Cambrian period or whether a new, improved type of animal appeared at this time. They support their often controversial conclusions with photos and illustrations of fossils, some never before published.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231066471
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	02/05/1990
Series:	The Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	217
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 8.92(h) x 0.62(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Editorial Reviews

The excitement of the investigator working on a frontier of science glows through the pages of this [volume]. . . . It fills an important niche, and it will be found to be highly readable by all who are scientifically literate.

American Scientist