Ancestral morphology of crown-group molluscs revealed by a new Ordovician stem aculiferan
Exceptionally preserved fossils provide crucial insights into extinct body plans and organismal evolution. Molluscs, one of the most disparate animal phyla, radiated rapidly during the early Cambrian period (approximately 535–520 million years ago (Ma)). The problematic fossil taxa Halkieria and Ort...
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Springer Nature
2017
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