The Precambrian ( /priˈkæmbri.ən, -ˈkeɪm-/ pree-KAM-bree-ən, -KAYM-; or Pre-Cambrian, sometimes abbreviated pꞒ, or Cryptozoic) is the earliest part of... 32 KB (3,511 words) - 21:05, 2 April 2024 |
"Precambrian rabbits" or "fossil rabbits in the Precambrian" are reported to have been among responses given by the biologist J. B. S. Haldane when asked... 15 KB (1,706 words) - 08:37, 19 March 2024 |
Precambrian Research is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the geology of the Earth and its planetary neighbors. It is published by Elsevier... 2 KB (76 words) - 17:47, 30 July 2023 |
Canadian Shield (redirect from Precambrian Shield) the Laurentian Plateau, is a geologic shield, a large area of exposed Precambrian igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks. It forms the North American... 21 KB (2,234 words) - 13:21, 1 April 2024 |
Precambrian is the third studio album by German post-metal band The Ocean, released on 5 November 2007 through Metal Blade Records. It features several... 9 KB (750 words) - 06:55, 1 February 2024 |
Cambrian explosion (redirect from Precambrian life) the known Cambrian lagerstätten are rare and difficult to date, while Precambrian lagerstätten have yet to be studied in detail. The sparseness of the... 135 KB (15,544 words) - 18:10, 10 April 2024 |
Shield (geology) (redirect from Precambrian shield) A shield is a large area of exposed Precambrian crystalline igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks that form tectonically stable areas. These rocks... 8 KB (951 words) - 15:19, 4 April 2024 |
Timeline of natural history (redirect from Timeline of the Precambrian) giant impacts that help to increase its overall size. c. 4,533 Ma – The Precambrian (to c. 539 Ma), now termed a "supereon" but formerly an era, is split... 64 KB (7,668 words) - 13:29, 20 January 2024 |
Hadean (redirect from Early Precambrian) rocks – Includes rocks over 4 billion years old from the Hadean Eon Precambrian – History of Earth 4600–539 million years ago Timeline of natural history... 28 KB (3,043 words) - 03:03, 10 April 2024 |
Llano Uplift (section Precambrian rocks) and Blanco counties, Texas. It consists of an island-like exposure of Precambrian igneous and metamorphic rocks surrounded by outcrops of Paleozoic and... 26 KB (3,261 words) - 07:33, 25 January 2024 |
Arctica (section Precambrian continent) however, was a "fixist" and, erroneously, explained the presence of Precambrian and Paleozoic metamorphic rocks on the New Siberian, Wrangel, and De... 13 KB (1,320 words) - 14:34, 2 January 2024 |
Geology of the Rocky Mountains (section Precambrian) before the mountains were raised by tectonic forces. The oldest rock is Precambrian Wyoming craton that forms the core of the North American continent. The... 18 KB (2,187 words) - 06:02, 13 December 2023 |
The oldest rock is Precambrian metamorphic rock that forms the core of the North American continent. There is also Precambrian sedimentary argillite... 54 KB (5,464 words) - 16:22, 3 April 2024 |
Proterozoic (category Precambrian geochronology) and followed by the Phanerozoic, and is the most recent part of the Precambrian "supereon". The Proterozoic is subdivided into three geologic eras (from... 21 KB (2,091 words) - 06:34, 1 April 2024 |
Bigfoot (redirect from PreCambrian Shield Man) Bigfoot, also commonly referred to as Sasquatch, is a large and hairy human-like mythical creature alleged by some to inhabit forests in North America... 187 KB (17,002 words) - 18:19, 10 April 2024 |
List of Ediacaran genera (redirect from List of precambrian genera) M. A. (1976). "New Records of Fossils in the Valdaian Group of the Precambrian on the Syuz'ma River" (PDF). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSR. Seriya Geologicheskaya... 81 KB (4,859 words) - 08:52, 5 January 2024 |
Great Falls is on the fall line of the Potomac River, and its rocks date to the late Precambrian.... 298 KB (26,512 words) - 18:44, 17 April 2024 |
bryophytes. However, fossils of organisms with a flattened thallus in Precambrian rocks suggest that multicellular freshwater eukaryotes existed over 1000... 94 KB (8,002 words) - 22:45, 7 April 2024 |
North America South America Zealandia. Due to lacking the presence of Precambrian cratonic rocks, Zealandia's status as a geological continent has been... 89 KB (8,748 words) - 19:01, 17 April 2024 |
branching types. Stromatolites occur widely in the fossil record of the Precambrian but are rare today. Very few Archean stromatolites contain fossilized... 40 KB (3,942 words) - 16:23, 25 March 2024 |
than 3.5 billion years ago. Stromatolites were much more abundant in Precambrian times. While older, Archean fossil remains are presumed to be colonies... 104 KB (10,815 words) - 10:32, 18 April 2024 |
Paleoclimatology (section Precambrian climate) temperatures. The Precambrian took place between the time when Earth first formed 4.6 billion years (Ga) ago, and 542 million years ago. The Precambrian can be split... 46 KB (5,305 words) - 02:42, 12 February 2024 |
period of the Proterozoic eon as well as the last of the so-called "Precambrian supereon", before the beginning of the subsequent Cambrian period marks... 36 KB (3,563 words) - 21:11, 15 March 2024 |