Cambrian explosion
What caused almost all animal phyla to appear so rapidly at the start of the Cambrian?
Summary
Almost all modern animal phyla appear in the fossil record within a geologically short interval at the beginning of the Cambrian; the cause of this rapid diversification is unknown.
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