Explaining the Cambrian "Explosion" of Animals

By C. Marshall. 2006

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Subfields: Molecular Biology, Oceanography, Paleontology

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Network resilience (2020, background): “However, there also planetary-scale critical transitions that operate over centuries or millennia [201, 157], such as the ‘Big Five’ mass extinctions [202], the Cambrian explosion [203], and the most recent transition from the last glacial into the present interglacial condition [204, 205].”
The Proterozoic Record of Eukaryotes (2015, background): “—Hypotheses to explain the origin and radiation of metazoans commonly call on a Neoproterozoic rise of oxygen (Cloud 1968; Rhoads and Morse 1971; Knoll 1999), however, increasing oxygen levels do not provide a driving mechanism for the generation of biodiversity (Marshall 2006; Erwin et al. 2011).”
Ecological drivers of the Ediacaran-Cambrian diversification of Metazoa (2012, unknown): “Most reports that have depicted the patterns of origination or diversity (Knoll and Carroll 1999; Marshall 2006) used data from Sepkoski’s family and generic compendia, but this dates from the mid-1990s (Sepkoski 1992, 2002).”
The case for a Neoproterozoic Oxygenation Event: Geochemical evidence and biological consequences (2011, background): “(B) The NOE possibly unleashed major biological innovations, including the appearance of new biological and ecological strategies: the first metazoans (Hoffman et al., 1990; Love et al., 2009); the appearance of first large and architecturally complex organisms during the Ediacaran (Narbonne, 2005);”
An Analysis of the History of Marine Animal Diversity (2007, background): “These intervals represent a unique time in the history of life, however, when morphogenetic plasticity favored very rapid evolutionary diversification (Marshall 2006).”
SCALE AND HIERARCHY IN MACROEVOLUTION (2007, background): “…factors, although environmental triggers and ecological feedbacks are currently in favour (e.g. Valentine 1995, 2004; Knoll and Carroll 1999; Ciampaglio 2002, 2004; Erwin 2005, 2007; Peterson et al. 2005; but for a blurring of the need for ‘either ⁄ or’ arguments, see Webster 2005; Marshall 2006).”
Birth and early evolution of metazoans (2014, background): “The early Cambrian (roughly corresponding to Terreneuvian and Epoch 2) is a period characterized by a dramatic increase of disparity (measured by the number of high ranking lineages in phylum or class level) (Marshall, 2006; Erwin et al., 2011), which is generally referred to the Cambrian explosion.”
Measuring rates of phenotypic evolution and the inseparability of tempo and mode (2012, background): “Why was morphological evolution so fast during the Cambrian Explosion of animal body plans (Marshall 2006; Erwin et al. 2011)? How much faster are punctuations compared to stasis (Gould and Eldredge 1977; Gingerich 1985)? Do some aspects of morphology evolve faster than others, and do some condition”