Search This Blog

Monday, 22 September 2014

Cambrian Explosion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal

Most known animal phyla appeared in the fossil record as marine species during the Cambrian explosion, about 542 million years ago. Animals are divided into various sub-groups, some of which are: vertebrates (birds, mammals, amphibians,reptiles, fish); molluscs (clams, oysters, octopuses, squid, snails); arthropods (millipedes, centipedes, insects, spiders,scorpions, crabs, lobsters, shrimp); annelids (earthworms, leeches); sponges; and jellyfish.

No comments:

Post a Comment