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The Cambrian was named by the geologist [[Adam Sedgwick]] for Cambria,<ref>http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/sedgwick.html</ref> Latin for [[Wales]], which has large areas of rock originating in, and characteristic of, the period.

The Cambrian was named by the geologist [[Adam Sedgwick]] for Cambria,<ref>http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/sedgwick.html</ref> Latin for [[Wales]], which has large areas of rock originating in, and characteristic of, the period.

Under the uniformitarian dates assigned by secular geologists, it represents approximately the period of Earth's history from about 542 million years ago to 488 million years ago.<ref>Gradstein, F.M., and Ogg, J.G.,[http://www.stratigraphy.org/scale04.pdf Geologic Time Scale 2004 – Why, How, and Where Next!]</ref> Young Earth creationists reject the uniformitarian assumptions behind the dates derived by secular geologists, so they reject these dates (see [[geologic system]]). Instead, most would consider the Cambrian sediment to be early [[Flood Geology|Flood]] deposits.<ref>Snelling, Andrew, ''Radiohalos in Granite'', chapter 5 of DeYoung, Don, "Thousands, Not Billions", Master Books, 2005, p.89, ISBN 0-89051-441-0.</ref>

Common Cambrian [[fossil]]s are of [[trilobite]]s, and inarticulate [[brachiopod]]s,<ref>http://www.palaeos.com/Paleozoic/Cambrian/Cambrian.htm#bio</ref> [[coral]]s and primitive [[echinoderm]]s. They also include what are considered by evolutionists to be the first [[vertebrate]]s, "primitive" jawless fish.

Common Cambrian [[fossil]]s are of [[trilobite]]s, and inarticulate [[brachiopod]]s,<ref>http://www.palaeos.com/Paleozoic/Cambrian/Cambrian.htm#bio</ref> [[coral]]s and primitive [[echinoderm]]s. They also include what are considered to be the first [[vertebrate]]s, "primitive" jawless fish.

Fossil remains other than shells or carapaces are rare.  One notable site for soft-bodied Cambrian invertebrate remains is the [[Burgess Shale]] of [[British Columbia]].<ref>http://wwwalt.uni-wuerzburg.de/palaeontologie/Stuff/casu9.htm</ref>

== Era and evolution ==

Under the uniformitarian dates assigned by secular geologists, it represents approximately the period of Earth's history from about 542 million years ago to 488 million years ago.<ref>Gradstein, F.M., and Ogg, J.G.,[http://www.stratigraphy.org/scale04.pdf Geologic Time Scale 2004 – Why, How, and Where Next!]</ref>  Young Earth creationists reject the uniformitarian assumptions behind the dates derived by secular geologists, so they reject these dates (see [[geologic system]]).  Instead, most would consider the Cambrian sediment to be early [[Flood Geology|Flood]] deposits.<ref>Snelling, Andrew, ''Radiohalos in Granite'', chapter 5 of DeYoung, Don, "Thousands, Not Billions", Master Books, 2005, p.89, ISBN 0-89051-441-0.</ref>

Evolutionists believe that the [[Cambrian Radiation]] gave rise to almost all living phyla, but often in extinct forms with small resemblance to typical living species.

Evolutionists believe that the [[Cambrian Radiation]] gave rise to almost all living phyla, but often in extinct forms with small resemblance to typical living species.

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