Dawn of diverse shelled and carbonaceous animal microfossils at ~ 571 Ma
Abstract The Ediacaran-Cambrian transition documents a critical stage in the diversification of animals. The global fossil record documents the appearance of cloudinomorphs and other shelled tubular organisms followed by non-biomineralized small carbonaceous fossils and by the highly diversified sma...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2024-06-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-65671-4 |