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    Chemostratigraphic correlations across the first major trilobite extinction and faunal turnovers between Laurentia and South China

    During Cambrian Stage 4 (~514 Ma) the oceans were widely populated with endemic trilobites and three major faunas can be distinguished: olenellids, redlichiids, and paradoxidids. The lower–middle Cambrian boun...

    Jih-Pai Lin, Frederick A. Sundberg, Ganqing Jiang, Isabel P. Montañez in Scientific Reports (2019)

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    Isotopic evidence for temperate oceans during the Cambrian Explosion

    The Cambrian Explosion was a key event in the evolution of life on Earth. This event took place at a time when sea surface temperatures have been proposed to reach about 60 °C. Such high temperatures are clear...

    Thomas Wotte, Christian B. Skovsted, Martin J. Whitehouse in Scientific Reports (2019)