The aftermath of this event is visible in the Chengjiang fauna, which revealed the body plan of Microdictyon.
The aftermath of this event is visible in the Chengjiang fauna, which revealed the body plan of Microdictyon. Its Tommotian stage is notable for archaeocyathid reef-builders, as well as the appearance of onychophorans and priapulids. Its most famous locality was first excavated by Charles Walcott, whose classification of the scaled Wiwaxia as an annelid has been confirmed by the most recent research on the Burgess Shale. FTP, this term refers to the eclipse of the Vendian fauna by the sudden diversification of life at the beginning of the Paleozoic, a period named after a Welsh mountain range.
The aftermath of this event is visible in the Chengjiang fauna, which revealed the body plan of Microdictyon.
{Cambrian explosion}