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Ch 12 Proterozoic Eon

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Neoproterozoic life<br />

• Transition from Mesoproterozoic to<br />

Neoproterozoic was marked by an adaptive<br />

radiation of eukaryotes at ~1.0 Ga<br />

– Mainly an increase in the diversity of acritarchs<br />

• But, by the end of <strong>Proterozoic</strong> time,<br />

stromatolites had declined in abundance<br />

and unquestioned multicellular animals<br />

had spread to many regions of the Earth<br />

Earth History, <strong>Ch</strong>. <strong>12</strong> 14

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