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Cambrian Stage 4

Index Cambrian Stage 4

Cambrian Stage 4 is the still unnamed 4th stage of the Cambrian and the upper stage of the 2nd Cambrian series. [1]

22 relations: Amiskwia, Anomalocaris, Arthropod, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Series 2, Cambrian Stage 3, Cambrian Stage 5, Chancelloria, Dinocaridida, Drumian, First appearance datum, Guzhangian, International Commission on Stratigraphy, Leanchoilia, Maotianshan Shales, Olenellus, Oryctocephalus indicus, Ovatoryctocara granulata, Redlichia, Trilobite, Wheeler Shale, Wiwaxia.

Amiskwia

Amiskwia is a genus of large, soft-bodied animals of unknown affinity known from fossils of the Middle Cambrian Lagerstätten both in the Burgess shale formation in British Columbia and the Maotianshan shales of Yunnan Province, China.

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Anomalocaris

Anomalocaris ("abnormal shrimp") is an extinct genus of anomalocaridid, a family of animals thought to be closely related to ancestral arthropods.

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Arthropod

An arthropod (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint" and πούς pous, "foot") is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages.

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Burgess Shale

The Burgess Shale is a fossil-bearing deposit exposed in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada.

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Cambrian Series 2

Cambrian Series 2 is the unnamed 2nd series of the Cambrian.

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Cambrian Stage 3

Cambrian Stage 3 is the still unnamed third stage of the Cambrian.

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Cambrian Stage 5

Stage 5 of the Cambrian is the first stage of the 3rd series of the Cambrian (or Middle Cambrian).

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Chancelloria

Chancelloria is a genus of early animals known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale, the Comley limestone, the Wheeler Shale, the Bright Angel Shale and elsewhere.

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Dinocaridida

DinocarididaGreek, "Terrible crabs" – sometimes informally spelt Dinocarida, but the second 'id' is linguistically correct – see is a proposed extinct taxon of fossil arthropod-like marine animals found, with one exception, in the Cambrian and Ordovician.

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Drumian

The Drumian is a stage of 3rd series of the Cambrian.

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First appearance datum

First appearance datum is a term used by geologists and paleontologists to designate the first (oldest) appearance of a species in the geologic record.

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Guzhangian

The Guzhangian is an uppermost stage of the 3rd series of the Cambrian.

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International Commission on Stratigraphy

The International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), sometimes referred to by the unofficial name "International Stratigraphic Commission" is a daughter or major subcommittee grade scientific daughter organization that concerns itself with stratigraphy, geological, and geochronological matters on a global scale.

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Leanchoilia

Leanchoilia is an arachnomorph arthropod known from Cambrian deposits of the Burgess Shale in Canada and the Chengjiang biota of China.

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Maotianshan Shales

The Maotianshan Shales are a series of Early Cambrian deposits in the Chiungchussu Formation, famous for their Konservat Lagerstätten, deposits known for the exceptional preservation of fossilized organisms or traces.

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Olenellus

Olenellus is an extinct genus of redlichiid trilobites, with species of average size (about long).

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Oryctocephalus indicus

Oryctocephalus indicus is a species of corynexochid trilobite from the Cambrian.

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Ovatoryctocara granulata

Ovatoryctocara granulata is a species of corynexochid trilobite from the Cambrian.

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Redlichia

Redlichia is a genus of redlichiid trilobite in the family Redlichiidae, with large to very large species (up to long).

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Trilobite

Trilobites (meaning "three lobes") are a fossil group of extinct marine arachnomorph arthropods that form the class Trilobita.

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Wheeler Shale

The Wheeler Shale (named by Charles Walcott) is a Cambrian (''c.'' 507 Ma) fossil locality world famous for prolific agnostid and Elrathia kingii trilobite remains (even though many areas are barren of fossils) and represents a Konzentrat-Lagerstätten.

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Wiwaxia

Wiwaxia is a genus of soft-bodied animals that were covered in carbonaceous scales and spines.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambrian_Stage_4

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