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This '''timeline of Cambrian research''' is a chronological listing of events in the history of [[Earth:Geology|geology]] and [[Biology:Paleontology|paleontology]] focused on the study of [[Astronomy:Earth|earth]] during the span of [[Time|time]] lasting from 541–485.4 million years ago and the legacies of this period in the rock and fossil records.
==19th century==
[[File:Gfp-anomalocaris-predator.jpg|thumb|right|upright|100px|''Anomalocaris''.]]
'''<span style="color:#14145C;">1892</span>'''
* Whiteaves described the new genus ''[[Biology:Anomalocaris|Anomalocaris]]''.

==20th century==
[[File:Pikaia gracilens B.jpg|thumb|right|upright|100px|''Pikaia''.]]
'''<span style="color:#14145C;">1911</span>'''
* Charles Walcott described the new genera ''[[Biology:Pikaia|Pikaia]]'' and ''[[Biology:Wiwaxia|Wiwaxia]]''.

'''<span style="color:#14145C;">1912</span>'''
* Walcott described the new genera ''[[Biology:Marrella|Marrella]]'' and ''[[Biology:Opabinia|Opabinia]]''.

'''<span style="color:#14145C;">1977</span>'''
* Conway Morris described the new genus ''[[Biology:Hallucigenia|Hallucigenia]]''.

==See also==
* History of paleontology
** [[Earth:Timeline of paleontology|Timeline of paleontology]]
*** [[Earth:Timeline of Ordovician research|Timeline of Ordovician research]]
*** [[Earth:Timeline of Silurian research|Timeline of Silurian research]]
*** [[Earth:Timeline of Devonian research|Timeline of Devonian research]]
*** [[Earth:Timeline of Carboniferous research|Timeline of Carboniferous research]]
*** [[Earth:Timeline of Permian research|Timeline of Permian research]]

==References==

[[Category:Paleontology timelines|Cambrian]]

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