Cambrian
adjective
noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era, occurring from 570 million to 500 million years ago, when algae and marine invertebrates were the predominant form of life.
post-Cambrian
-
a word derived from
Cambrian.
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Short as the Era is, compared with its predecessors, it is even more eventful and stimulating than they, and closes with what Professor Chamberlin calls "the greatest deformative movements in post-Cambrian history."
From The Story of Evolution by Joseph McCabe
