"fecal revolution" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From fecal + revolution. From the evolution of macroscopic feces, that then revolutionized the biological world, by changing the environment. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fecal|revolution}} fecal + revolution Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fecal revolution (uncountable)
  1. (biology, evolution) An event in the Ediacaran, the result of the evolution of the through-gut (“alimentary canal”) (away from the alimentary sac with mouth-anus), and thus proper feces; allowing for the freeing of oxygen in the water column, sinking of carbon to the sea floor, fertilization of the sea floor, fossilization of coprolites, evolution of coprophagy. Tags: uncountable Related terms: banded iron formation, BIF, Cambrian Explosion, GOE, Great Oxygenation Event, Snowball Earth
    Sense id: en-fecal_revolution-en-noun-zjUFWDTC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Biology Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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