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Timeline of Cambrian research

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This timeline of Cambrian research is a chronological listing of events in the history of geology and paleontology focused on the study of Earth during the span of time lasting from 538.8 to 485.4 million years ago (dates as per 2022 revision)^[1] and the legacies of this period in the rock and fossil records.

19th century

Anomalocaris.

1892

Whiteaves described the new genus Anomalocaris.

20th century

Pikaia.

1911

Charles Walcott described the new genera Pikaia and Wiwaxia.

1912

Walcott described the new genera Marrella and Opabinia.

1977

Conway Morris described the new genus Hallucigenia.

See also

History of paleontology
- Timeline of paleontology

References

^ "International Chronostratigraphic Chart v2022/02" (PDF). International Commission on Stratigraphy. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

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