This timeline of Cambrian research is a chronological listing of events in the history of geology and paleontology focused on the study of Earth during the span of time lasting from 538.8 to 485.4 million years ago (dates as per 2022 revision) and the legacies of this period in the rock and fossil records.

19th century

1892

Whiteaves described the new genus Anomalocaris.

Timeline of Cambrian research

20th century

1911

Charles Walcott described the new genera Pikaia and Wiwaxia.

Timeline of Cambrian research

1912

Walcott described the new genera Marrella and Opabinia.

Timeline of Cambrian research

1977

Conway Morris described the new genus Hallucigenia.

See also

History of paleontology

Timeline of paleontology

Timeline of Ordovician research

Timeline of Silurian research

Timeline of Devonian research

Timeline of Carboniferous research

Timeline of Permian research

References

History of Cambrian geology and paleontology

Cambrian