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This volume, aimed at the general reader, presents life and times of the amazing animals that inhabited Earth more than 500 million years ago. The Cambrian Period was a critical time in Earth's history. During this immense span of time nearly every modern group of animals appeared. Although life had been around for more than 2 million millennia, Cambrian rocks preserve the record of the first appearance of complex animals with eyes, protective skeletons, antennae, and complex ecologies. Grazing, predation, and multi-tiered ecosystems with animals living in, on, or above the sea floor became common. The cascade of interaction led to an ever-increasing diversification of animal body types. By the end of the period, the ancestors of sponges, corals, jellyfish, worms, mollusks, brachiopods, arthropods, echinoderms, and vertebrates were all in place. The evidence of this Cambrian "explosion" is preserved in rocks all over the world, including North America, where the seemingly strange animals of the period are preserved in exquisite detail in deposits such as the Burgess Shale in British Columbia. Cambrian Ocean World tells the story of what is, for us, the most important period in our planet's long history.

Table of Contents:
Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Natural Mystic: An Introduction to the Cambrian 2. Into The Heart: Cambrian Geology 3. A Long Strange Trip: The First 4000 Million Years of Earth History 4. Welcome To The Boomtown: The Early Cambrian Seas 5. On Top Of The World: The Middle Cambrian Begins 6. Magical Mystery Tour: The Biological Psychedelia of the Burgess Shale 7. Glory Days: The Later Middle Cambrian 8. Taking Off: The Late Cambrian 9. Home By The Sea: A Closer Look 10. On And On: Legacy of the Explosion Appendix Glossary Notes and References Index

About the Author :
John Foster is Director of the Museum of Moab in Moab, Utah. He served for thirteen years as Curator of Paleontology at the Museum of Western Colorado and adjunct faculty at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction. He has worked in Cambrian deposits in several areas of the western states, including California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, and South Dakota. He is author of Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World (IUP, 2007).

Review :
Based on a chronological transect of the Cambrian and the Cambrian radiation, and bringing in expert knowledge from researchers around the globe, Foster revels in details and thereby exposes his most profound interest - and love - of past life and palaeontology. The result is a staggering 432 pages of delight - containing a lot of information, combined with many beautiful illustrations and figures. . . . This volume leaves you with a lasting impression and is, in my opinion, at present . . . definitely the best introductory textbook within its field. It is clearly worth reading. (Deposits Magazine) Told with a wry humor, the odd pop cultural/sci-fi reference, and personal anecdotes, Foster does a great job in making this an enjoyable read and bringing the Cambrian to us. An alien world is transformed before our eyes into one that is increasingly more familiar. Although written for general readers, students and researchers of paleontology may also benefit from this volume. (Quarterly Review of Biology) A must have for anyone with an interest in the fossils from this time period. (Birdbooker Report) The Cambrian is passionately profiled in Cambrian Ocean World, part of the 'Life of the Past' series. Foster . . . has spent several decades collecting Cambrian fossils in the western US. His book is both a comprehensive guide to the evolution of life during the Cambrian and a narrative of his experiences hunting for the world's oldest animal fossils. The ten chapters follow the evolution of animals, ecosystems, and environments during the Cambrian, beginning with an alien world and culminating in an ocean realm that seems familiar, with sponges, mollusks, corals, and fish. The book is richly illustrated with hundreds of photographs of fossils Foster has collected, and short profiles of paleontologists provide a personal touch. . . . Highly recommended. (Choice)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780253011824
  • Publisher: Indiana University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Indiana University Press
  • Height: 254 mm
  • No of Pages: 456
  • Series Title: Life of the Past
  • Weight: 1202 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0253011825
  • Publisher Date: 06 Jun 2014
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: 01
  • Sub Title: Ancient Sea Life of North America
  • Width: 178 mm


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