Was There a Cambrian Explosion on Land? The Case of Arthropod Terrestrialization
Arthropods, the most diverse form of macroscopic life in the history of the Earth, originated in the sea. Since the early Cambrian, at least ~518 million years ago, these animals have dominated the oceans of the world. By the Silurian–Devonian, the fossil record attests to arthropods becoming the fi...
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MDPI AG
2022-10-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/11/10/1516 |