The Cambrian Age occurred about 500 million years ago and lasted for about 80 million years, during which all life was confined to water. It is also the first geological age from which we have recovered a good fossil record.
The most familiar fossils of the Cambrian Period are the Trilobites, the bug-like ancestors of today’s crustaceans. It is this reason that an image of Trilobite fossils is used by the Foundation.
Sept 23, 2011 – DeLeon Springs Authors: Ashleigh Stewart and Justin Merritt At around 8:30am, the team arrived at DeLeon Springs. Topside field sampling crews set up the analysis kits while the divers readied their gear. The topside team created ziploc bags labeled for stations 1-5 with corresponding letters A-E.…
June 13, 2011 – Miscellaneous springs in Central Florida Author: Rachel Crane Today we had a minimal team consisting of Rima and Amber from Virginia Commonwealth University, Aaron from the University of Virginia, Renee Power, Steve Dunn – one of the Cambrian Foundation Interns, and myself (Rachel Crane). Our goal…
At 0730 today there was a very long line of eager divers, swimmers, sun-worshippers and pancake-eaters at the gate of Deleon Springs State Park here in Central Florida. Once the gate was open the fun frenzy began!! Very quickly the Cambrian Foundation surface support team helped shuttle dive gear to…
June 11, 2011 – Wekiwa Springs Location: Wekiwa Springs State Park Apopka, Florida Author: Shawn Hill Today the Cambrian Foundation, in conjunction with Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and University of Virginia (UVa), gathered for the ongoing research project at Wekiwa springs. Wekiwa Springs State Park (www.floridastateparks.org/wekiwasprings) offers recreational activities such…