The Cambrian Period marks an important point in the history of life on earth; it is the time when most of the major groups of animals first appear in the fossil record. This event is sometimes called the Cambrian Explosion , because of the relatively short time over which this diversity of forms appears. It was once thought that the Cambrian rocks contained the first and oldest fossil animals, ...

Miller Museum Online Exhibit Our newest permanent exhibit and the first online exhibit from the Miller Museum of Geology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Special thanks to the Canadian Geological Foundation for helping to make this exhibit possible at the Miller Museum Selected by November 1998 While most people know of the dinosaurs from a mere 70 million years ago, very few are ...

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