The Cambrian conundrum: Early divergence and later ecological success in the early history of animals

Science

Volumn 334, Issue 6059, 2011, Pages 1091-1097

  Erwin, Douglas H ^a,b   Laflamme, Marc ^a   Tweedt, Sarah M ^a,c   Sperling, Erik A ^d   Pisani, Davide ^e   Peterson, Kevin J ^f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^f Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CAMBRIAN; CLADISTICS; DATA SET; DIVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL RECORD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CAMBRIAN; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EDIACARAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOSSIL; METAZOON; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 82255195530     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1206375     Document Type: Article

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