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001			ocn890531137
003			OCoLC
005			20240726104909.0
008			140913s2014 inu o 000 0 eng d
040			_aEBLCP _beng _erda _cEBLCP _dOCLCO _dNT
020			_a9780253011886 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)l((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)ctronic bk.
043			_an------
050	0	4	_aQE766 _b.C363 2014
049			_aNTA
100	1		_aFoster, John Russell. _e1
245	1	0	_aCambrian ocean world _bancient sea life of North America / _cJohn Foster.
260			_aBloomington, IN : _bIndiana University Press, _c(c)2014.
300			_a1 online resource (457 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	1		_aLife of the Past
500			_aDescription based upon print version of record.
504			_a2
505	0	0	_aCover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; 1 Natural Mystic: An Introduction to the Cambrian; 2 Into the Heart: Cambrian Geology; 3 A Long Strange Trip: The First 4000 Million Years of Earth History; 4 Welcome to the Boomtown: The Early Cambrian Seas; 5 On Top of the World: The Middle Cambrian Begins; 6 Magical Mystery Tour: The Biological Psychedelia of the Burgess Shale; 7 Glory Days: The Later Middle Cambrian; 8 Taking Off: The Late Cambrian; 9 Home by the Sea: A Closer Look; 10 On and On: Legacy of the Explosion; GLOSSARY; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P
505	0	0	_aRs; t; u; v; w; notes; references; index; a; b; c; d; e; f; g; h; i; j; k; l; m; n; o; p; q; r; s; t; u; v; w; y; z
520	0		_aThis volume, aimed at the general reader, presents life and times of the amazing animals that inhabited Earth more than 500 million years ago. The Cambrian Period was a critical time in Earth's history. During this immense span of time nearly every modern group of animals appeared. Although life had been around for more than 2 million millennia, Cambrian rocks preserve the record of the first appearance of complex animals with eyes, protective skeletons, antennae, and complex ecologies. Grazing, predation, and multi-tiered ecosystems with animals living in, on, or above the sea floor became co.
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650		0	_aMarine animals, Fossil _zNorth America.
650		0	_aAnimals, Fossil _zNorth America.
650		0	_aPaleontology _zNorth America.
650		0	_aPaleontology _yCambrian.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=845349&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
942			_cOB _D _eEB _hQE _m2014 _QOL _R _x _8NFIC _2LOC
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell