Sentences with phrase «major animal groups»

This interval in time is known for the «Cambrian explosion», the time during which representatives of most of the major animal groups first appear in the fossil record.

The timeframe is referred to as the Cambrian explosion, when representatives of all the major animal groups first appeared.

One striking feature of vertebrates is the prominent role that vision plays in almost all major animal groups.

Moreover, this burst of animal forms led to most of the major animal groups we know today, that is, every extant Phylum.

Most major animal groups appear for the first time in the fossil record some 545 million years ago on the geological time scale in a relatively short period of time known as the Cambrian explosion.

«This spectacular new predator, one of the largest and best preserved soft - bodied arthropods from Marble Canyon, joins the ranks of many unusual marine creatures that lived during the Cambrian Explosion, a period of rapid evolutionary change starting about half a billion years ago when most major animal groups first emerged in the fossil record,» said co-author Jean - Bernard Caron, senior curator of invertebrate paleontology at the ROM and an associate professor in the Departments of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Earth Sciences at U of T.

Professor Graham Shields - Zhou (UCL Earth Sciences), one of the co-authors and Dr Tostevin's PhD supervisor, said: «We honed in on the last 10 million years of the Proterozoic Eon as the interval of Earth's history when today's major animal groups first grew shells and churned up the sediment, and found that oxygen levels were important to the relationship between environmental conditions and the early development of animals.»

In addition to primates, birds and bats are the major animal groups that are responsible for seed dispersal,» says behavioral ecologist Heymann.

During the Cambrian Explosion, a period of rapid evolutionary innovation about 500 million years ago when most major animal groups emerge in the fossil record, arthropods with hard exoskeletons and jointed limbs first started to appear.

This is the world of about 530 million years ago in the midst of the Cambrian explosion, a geological eye - blink about 5 million years long that saw the evolution of most of the major animal groups.

Massive ice sheets grew across the Antarctic continent, major animal groups shifted, and ocean temperatures decreased by as much as 5 degrees.

For the study, the researchers used an unusually large dataset made up of the sequences of 128 proteins from 55 species, including representatives of all the major animal groups, focusing in particular on those that diverged very early.

The animal, called Chengjiangocaris kunmingensis, lived during the Cambrian «explosion», a period of rapid evolutionary development about half a billion years ago when most major animal groups first appear in the fossil record.

Indeed, the «Cambrian explosion» — the burst of evolution about 540 million years ago that included the birth of most of the major animal groups we know today — was enabled by oxygen deprivation, the researchers say.

However, while rangeomorphs were highly suited to their Ediacaran environment, conditions in the oceans continued to change and from about 541 million years ago the «Cambrian Explosion» began — a period of rapid evolutionary development when most major animal groups first appeared in the fossil record.

Not exact matches

The fossil record shows us that all the major groups of animals appeared suddenly and remained virtually unchanged.

Submitting to pressure from animal rights groups including Mercy for Animals and the Humane Society of the United States, Walmart joins dozens of other major food companies making the switch.

An animal rights group that was a major contributor to Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2013 was slapped Thursday with nearly $ 40,000 in fines for campaign finance violations this year in races for the City Council.

Zoologists are taught that life starts with animals, and they block out four - fifths of the information in biology [by ignoring the other four major groups of life] and all of the information in geology.

Jellyfish, polyps and the like belong to a phylum called Cnidaria, one of about 30 major groups that make up the animal kingdom.

Furthermore, there are no differences between the major political party affiliation groups on views about the use of animals in research, the safety of eating genetically modified (GM) foods and whether to allow access to experimental drug treatments before those treatments have been shown to be safe and effective.

Study co-author Professor Paul Scofield of Canterbury Museum says: «These bats, along with land turtles and crocodiles, show that major groups of animals have been lost from New Zealand.

The Cambrian Period, which occurred between 541 million and 485 million years ago, is an important point in evolutionary history where most of the major groups of animals first appear in the fossil record.

This assessment means that species have been checked against a list of criteria published by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, a time - consuming process that has been completed for only three per cent of marine species, with no assessments at all in three quarters of the major groups of marine animals and plants.

AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR Cannibalism is common in the common tree frog and occurs in nearly every major group of animals, including mollusks, insects, birds and mammals.

All major groups of animals — an entire kingdom of multicellular life that today includes insects, worms, shellfish, starfish, sea anemones, coral, jellyfish, and vertebrates like us — bloomed suddenly in the fossil record during an evolutionary extravaganza known as the Cambrian explosion, which occurred 530 million years ago.

A minority view held that the two major groups of bats actually had separate origins and that animals such as the squirrellike colugo might be more closely related to one type of bat.

The specimens in the study come from the Cambrian Period, a time when the Earth saw a rapid burst of evolution that led to the first appearance of most major groups of marine animals.

The animals that appeared during the Cambrian explosion gave rise to all the major groups alive today, from worms to starfish.

Out of this event came nearly all of the major groups of animals that we recognise today.

A subsequent collision between Antarctica and Africa raised more mountains and released more sediment from 530 to 510 million years ago may have led to the Cambrian Explosion, when most major groups of animals evolved (including trilobites and bivalves which used abundant calcium to build protective carbonate shells).

Each of those major groups of animals is in fact a «class» in the formal taxonomic sense: Class Amphibia, Class Reptilia, Class Aves, and Class Mammalia.

Most major groups of animals first appear in the fossil record, an event popularly and scientifically called the «Cambrian Explosion».

In a major concession to critics and animal welfare groups, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment Inc. says it will stop breeding captive killer whales.

VIOLENCE / GORE 4 - Animals fight a major battle with wolves on a ship, using all types of weapons and Kung Fu, other ships are piled together to block a river from a large ship that breaks through with cannon fire and flames, swords, flaming arrows and spears flash and wolves and other animals are punched unconscious; a panda catches a swung axe blade between the flattened palms of his hands without harm, a praying mantis rubs two hands together over a powder keg, his hands explode and it laughs, and we see one group of animals floating on debris in the river, tired out, while a panda deflects many fireballs shot from the ship's Animals fight a major battle with wolves on a ship, using all types of weapons and Kung Fu, other ships are piled together to block a river from a large ship that breaks through with cannon fire and flames, swords, flaming arrows and spears flash and wolves and other animals are punched unconscious; a panda catches a swung axe blade between the flattened palms of his hands without harm, a praying mantis rubs two hands together over a powder keg, his hands explode and it laughs, and we see one group of animals floating on debris in the river, tired out, while a panda deflects many fireballs shot from the ship's animals are punched unconscious; a panda catches a swung axe blade between the flattened palms of his hands without harm, a praying mantis rubs two hands together over a powder keg, his hands explode and it laughs, and we see one group of animals floating on debris in the river, tired out, while a panda deflects many fireballs shot from the ship's animals floating on debris in the river, tired out, while a panda deflects many fireballs shot from the ship's cannon.

This organization is a complex one, beginning with the entire Animal Kingdom, which is then broken down into many major groups, or Phylum.

Our super adoptions (major events in cities around the country with animals available for adoption from various partner rescue groups) are noses - out activities, while our NKLA and NKUT programs have both noses - in and noses - out components.

I am a rescuer myself and did not understand why a major animal rights group would be pushing to have dogs euthanized that people were trying to find homes for.

This year, America's first national humane organization is commemorating a century of rescuing cats, kittens, and many other animal species from disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and major animal cruelty cases, and is encouraging Americans everywhere to rescue a cat or kitten of their own from a shelter or rescue group.

The Mayor's Alliance, a nonprofit liaison between city agencies, major animal protection organizations and smaller neighborhood groups, has a program called the NYC Feral Cat Initiative providing information, education and some services, like transport and traps.

From a pro-TNR website: «PETA is the last major animal advocacy group in the U.S. that overtly opposes TNR feral cat control and no - kill sheltering.»

Well, actually the «founders of No Kill» have always been a very select group whose love of all animals gradually but steadily led to the changing mindset and philosophy of saving rather than killing; not nearly enough credit has been given to all the independent and non-profit rescues, adoption groups and especially TNR groups who were promoting and practicing S / N and vaccinations long before low cost S / N clinics became available... such clinics still NOT that readily available in many jurisdictions; as for the veterinary community, for the most part, they were and are a major part of the problem along with their associations which remain regressive with their rather antiquated and self - serving leadership; for decades and even to this day it has long been known that the NUMBER ONE REASON people do not get their animals «fixed» (pet, stray, feral, it doesn't matter) is because of the lack of affordable S / N fees!

I'm sure it applies to cat food as well: How to grade your dog's food: Start with a grade of 100: 1) For every listing of «by - product», subtract 10 points 2) For every non-specific animal source -LRB-» meat» or «poultry», meat, meal or fat) reference, subtract 10 points 3) If the food contains BHA, BHT, or ethoxyquin, subtract 10 points 4) For every grain «mill run» or non-specific grain source, subtract 5 points 5) If the same grain ingredient is used 2 or more times in the first five ingredients (i.e. «ground brown rice», «brewerâ $ ™ s rice», «rice flour» are all the same grain), subtract 5 points 6) If the protein sources are not meat meal and there are less than 2 meats in the top 3 ingredients, subtract 3 points 7) If it contains any artificial colorants, subtract 3 points 8) If it contains ground corn or whole grain corn, subtract 3 points 9) If corn is listed in the top 5 ingredients, subtract 2 more points 10) If the food contains any animal fat other than fish oil, subtract 2 points 11) If lamb is the only animal protein source (unless your dog is allergic to other protein sources), subtract 2 points 12) If it contains soy or soybeans, subtract 2 points 13) If it contains wheat (unless you know that your dog is not allergic to wheat), subtract 2 points 14) If it contains beef (unless you know that your dog is not allergic to beef), subtract 1 point 15) If it contains salt, subtract 1 point Extra Credit: 1) If any of the meat sources are organic, add 5 points 2) If the food is endorsed by any major breed group or nutritionist, add 5 points 3) If the food is baked not extruded, add 5 points 4) If the food contains probiotics, add 3 points 5) If the food contains fruit, add 3 points 6) If the food contains vegetables (NOT corn or other grains), add 3 points 7) If the animal sources are hormone - free and antibiotic - free, add 2 points 8) If the food contains barley, add 2 points 9) If the food contains flax seed oil (not just the seeds), add 2 points 10) If the food contains oats or oatmeal, add 1 point 11) If the food contains sunflower oil, add 1 point 12) For every different specific animal protein source (other than the first one; count «chicken» and «chicken meal» as only one protein source, but «chicken» and «'' as 2 different sources), add 1 point 13) If it contains glucosamine and chondroitin, add 1 point 14) If the vegetables have been tested for pesticides and are pesticide - free, add 1 point

Thus, for the variables evaluated in this study, animals in group II and III showed major similarities when compared to group I.

Extra Credit: 1) If any of the meat sources are organic, add 5 points 2) If the food is endorsed by any major breed group or nutritionist, add 5 points 3) If the food is baked not extruded, add 5 points 4) If the food contains probiotics, add 3 points 5) If the food contains fruit, add 3 points 6) If the food contains vegetables (NOT corn or other grains), add 3 points 7) If the animal sources are hormone - free and antibiotic - free, add 2 points 8) If the food contains barley, add 2 points 9) If the food contains flax seed oil (not just the seeds), add 2 points 10) If the food contains oats or oatmeal, add 1 point 11) If the food contains sunflower oil, add 1 point 12) For every different specific animal protein source (other than the first one; count â $ œchickenâ $ and â $ œchicken mealâ $ as only one protein source, but â $ œchickenâ $ and â $ œâ $ as 2 different sources), add 1 point 13) If it contains glucosamine and chondroitin, add 1 point 14) If the vegetables have been tested for pesticides and are pesticide - free, add 1 point

To start a collaborative effort in your area, invite the leaders of each major animal welfare group to a meeting to discuss the goal of getting to zero.

Groups such as PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and HSUS (Humane Society of the United States, no direct affiliation with local humane societies) conduct major political lobbying at the state and federal levels and spend millions of dollars annually to promote their agenda and to elect candidates that favor their agenda.

I know this is a major issue with animal rescues groups nationally.

The proposal has the support of major animal advocacy groups including PAWS, ASPCA, Higher Ground Animal Sanctuary, Pasado's Safe Haven, members of the Washington Federation of Animal Care and Control Agencies and oanimal advocacy groups including PAWS, ASPCA, Higher Ground Animal Sanctuary, Pasado's Safe Haven, members of the Washington Federation of Animal Care and Control Agencies and oAnimal Sanctuary, Pasado's Safe Haven, members of the Washington Federation of Animal Care and Control Agencies and oAnimal Care and Control Agencies and others.

I have tried in posting about each city and county to include links to the online statistics available for that community, as well as listing the main organizations in the area including animal control, the shelter / pound, major private groups, and any umbrella coalitions.