The term "Phanerozoic" was coined in 1930 by the American geologist George Halcott Chadwick (1876–1953), deriving … Meer weergeven

The Proterozoic-Phanerozoic boundary is at 538.8 million years ago. In the 19th century, the boundary was set at time of appearance of the first abundant animal (metazoan) fossils, but trace fossils of several hun… Meer weergeven

The Phanerozoic is divided into three eras: the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic, which are further subdivided into 12 periods. The Paleozoic features the evolution of the three most prominent animal phyla,
The … Meer weergeven

It has been demonstrated that changes in biodiversity through the Phanerozoic correlate much better with the hyperbolic model (widely used in demography and macrosociology) than with exponential and logistic models … Meer weergeven

Across the Phanerozoic, the dominant driver of long-term climatic change was the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, though some studies have suggested a decoupling of carbon dioxide and … Meer weergeven

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2. ^ "Phanerozoic". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. … Meer weergeven