Cambrian substrate revolution
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cambrian-substrate-revolution-312-16137375
title:
Cambrian substrate revolution
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The "Cambrian substrate revolution" or "Agronomic revolution", evidenced in trace fossils, is a sudden diversification of animal burrowing during the early Cambrian period. Before this "widening of the behavioural repertoire", bottom-dwelling animals mainly grazed on the microbial mats that lined the surface of the substrate, crawling above (like how freshwater snails still do) or burrowing just below them. These microbial mats created a barrier between the water and the sediment underneath, whi
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Diversification of animal burrowing
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambrian_substrate_revolution
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2024-04-07T13:52:02Z
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