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Cambrian Series 2

Hierarchy:Phanerozoic Paleozoic  Cambrian
   Cambrian Series 2
Classification:Epoch (as per International Commission on Stratigraphy)
Top:~509 Ma
Base:~521 Ma
Preceeds:Miaolingian Wuliuan
Follows:Terreneuvian Cambrian Stage 2
Primary Divisions:Cambrian Stage 4Cambrian Stage 3
Fossil Record

Data via PaleoBioDB


Taxa Count Key
First appearance
Extinction
First appearance and extinction
Related precursors
KingdomPhylumClassTaxa Count
AnimaliaAnnelida Polychaeta4
AnimaliaArthropoda Branchiopoda2
AnimaliaArthropoda Malacostraca4
AnimaliaArthropoda Maxillopoda1
AnimaliaArthropoda Ostracoda9
AnimaliaArthropoda Trilobita1,886
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Chileata8
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Craniata2
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Kutorginata23
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Lingulata129
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Obolellata23
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Rhynchonellata56
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Strophomenata8
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Tommotiida26
AnimaliaBryozoa Stenolaemata2
AnimaliaCnidaria Anthozoa15
AnimaliaCnidaria Cubozoa1
AnimaliaCnidaria Hydrozoa3
AnimaliaCnidaria Scyphozoa9
AnimaliaEchinodermata Crinoidea2
AnimaliaEchinodermata Holothuroidea1
AnimaliaHemichordata Pterobranchia2
AnimaliaMollusca Bivalvia13
AnimaliaMollusca Cephalopoda4
AnimaliaMollusca Gastropoda1
AnimaliaMollusca Monoplacophora1
AnimaliaPorifera Calcarea3
AnimaliaPorifera Demospongiae4
AnimaliaPorifera Hexactinellida56
BacteriaCyanobacteria Cyanophyceae8
ChromistaForaminifera Monothalamea6
ChromistaForaminifera Tubothalamea5
ChromistaMyzozoa Dinophyceae2
ChromistaRadiozoa Polycystina1
PlantaeChlorophyta Chlorophyceae1
PlantaeChlorophyta Ulvophyceae1
PlantaeTracheophyta Magnoliopsida1
 

Geologic Events

Event NameTypeAgeArea
Cambrian explosion (concludes)Evolutionary event541 - 513 ± 3 MaGlobal
Gondwana formation (concludes)Continental Assembly~550 - ~500 MaGlobal
Damara orogeny (concludes)Orogeny~550 - ~495 MaNamibia
Zambezi Belt orogeny (late) (concludes)Orogeny~550 - ~520 MaZambia and Zimbabwe
Ross orogeny (concludes)Orogeny~550 - ~480 MaAntarctica


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