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Cambrian Explosion

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Cambrian Explosion
n.
The rapid diversification of multicellular animal life around the beginning of the Cambrian Period, resulting in the appearance of almost all modern animal phyla.
Cambrian Explosion
The rapid diversification of multicellular animal life that took place around the beginning of the Cambrian Period. It resulted in the appearance of almost all modern animal phyla. See Note at Burgess Shale.


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