Shanchi Peng

TL;DR: The Cambrian Period was characterized by the appearance of metazoans with mineralized skeletons, explosion in biotic diversity and disparity, infaunalization of the substrate, occurrence of metazoan Konservat Fossil-lagerstatten, establishment of most invertebrate phyla, strong faunal provincialism, dominance of trilobites, generally warm climate but with possible glacial-interglacial cycles in the later part, opening of the Iapetus Ocean, progressive equatorial drift and separation of Laurentia, Baltica, Siberia,

TL;DR: A generalized curve of carbon isotopes (δ13C) through the Cambrian suggests a relationship between major biotic events, sea level history and the development of deposits of exceptional preservation (Lagerstatten).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed the subdivision of the Cambrian System into four series representing subequal spans of time, the lower two series correspond approximately to the traditional Lower Cambrian, the third series corresponds approximately to a traditional Middle Cambrian and the fourth series corresponds roughly to an Upper Cambrian.

TL;DR: The Global Standard Stratotype-section and Point (GSSP) of the Furongian Series (uppermost series of the Cambrian System) and the Paibian Stage (lowermost stage of the furongian series), has been recently defined and ratified by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: The Cambrian Stratigraphy has been subdivided into four series representing subequal spans of time as discussed by the authors, the lower two series correspond to the traditional Lower Cambrian, the third series correspond approximately to the conventional Middle Cambrian and the fourth series corresponds approximately to traditional Upper Cambrian.