#okay fr this has been geology with shay
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THIS
is the Ediacaran period and THIS
is the Cambrian period. Got it?
#shay speaks#geology#the ediacaran was before animal life as we know it evolved. or plants really#we arent sure what those things are we just call them shit like dickinsonia#literally look up ediacaran biota and just look at all the artistic renditions#its soooooooo cool guys everyone study geology its so cool#ediacaran biota my beloved fr fr#ALSO EDIACARAN CNIDARIANS!!!!!!#okay im done geology posting!!! go forth and uh. idk tell people about the ediacaran ig#also im not dissing the cambrian by any means its still an absolutely fascinating piece of geologic/earth history#but we did not have trilobites or anything during the ediacaran when we had the silly leaf looking biota#its actually hypothesized that the rise of trilobites and multicellular life in general brought about the end of the ediacaran biota#bc they just disappear from the geologic record. gone. kaput#okay fr this has been geology with shay
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