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.
Date: June 10, 2011 Author: Amber Taylor Early this morning, we kicked off our summer 2011 sampling for the Florida Springs Biodiversity Project! The Cambrian Foundation was joined by a team of scientists from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), the University of Virginia (UVa), and several new (and old!) interns at…
DeLeon Springs by Alex Houston The team met up early this morning at 7am. Our mission today was to sample bacterial mats in the caves of DeLeon Spring located in Central Florida’s DeLeon Springs State Park. (See Florida Springs Project for more information about DeLeon Springs.) Known from previous sampling,…
Wekiwa Springs By Karl Shreeves and Renee Power Welcome to Wekiwa!! Off to a great start today as everyone chipped in to get the cylinders rigged and the sampling equipment set up down at the spring. The water is the usual brisk 72 degrees. It was pointed out by Amy…
Apopka Blue Sink by Amy Giannotti This morning the team met at the City of Apopka Public Services Department in order to sign liability and release waivers with city personnel. Our sampling site today was Apopka Blue, a sinkhole managed by the City of Apopka. This particular sinkhole is especially…