Disparity, decimation and the Cambrian "explosion": comparison of early Cambrian and Present faunal communities with emphasis on velvet worms (Onychophora)

Disparity, decimation and the Cambrian "explosion": comparison of early Cambrian and Present faunal communities with emphasis on velvet worms (Onychophora)

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The controversy about a Cambrian "explosion" of morphological disparity (followed by decimation), cladogenesis and fossilization is of central importance for the history of life. This paper revisits the controversy (with emphasis in onychophorans, which include emblematic organisms such as...

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Egile Nagusiak: Julián Monge-Nájera, Xianguang Hou, José A Vargas
Formatua: Artikulua
Hizkuntza:English
Argitaratua: Universidad de Costa Rica 2000-06-01
Saila:Revista de Biología Tropical
Gaiak:
Disparity
decimation
"explosion"
community ecology
feeding
habitat
fossil
Metazoa
evolution
Chengjiang
Burgess Shale
Cambrian
Recent
Costa Rica
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