Cambrian Ocean World: Ancient Sea Life of North America

by John Foster and John Foster

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253011825
• ISBN13: 9780253011824
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.5" x 10.6"