The Emergence of Animals the Cambrian Breakthrough / / Dianna L. Schulte Mcmenamin, Mark A. S. Mcmenamin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Mcmenamin, Mark A. S.,; Mcmenamin, Dianna L. Schulte,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1990]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 1990
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (220 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; I The Cambrian Explosion --; 2. Aliens Here on Earth? --; 3. The Mudeaters --; 4. Small Shelly Fossils --; 5. The Golden Spike --; 6. The Rifting of Rodinia --; 7. The Garden of Ediacara --; 8. Ecological Feedback and Intelligence --; 9. Precambrian Oxygen --; 10. Ecological Chaos and Innovation --; Appendix --; Glossary --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231893596; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/mcme93416
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Dianna L. Schulte Mcmenamin, Mark A. S. Mcmenamin.

Discusses the appearance of early life on Earth, specifically the emergence of animals at the Cambrian boundary, and the similarities between past and present ecosystems.