Color enhanced fossil record of an extinct arthropod from early Cambrian times. The Cambrian is the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era ( million years ago). The rapid diversification of lifeforms in the Cambrian, known as the Cambrian explosi

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Color enhanced fossil record of an extinct arthropod from early Cambrian times. The Cambrian is the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era ( million years ago). The rapid diversification of lifeforms in the Cambrian, known as the Cambrian explosion, produced the first representatives of many modern phyla.

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