Was the Ediacaran-Cambrian radiation a unique evolutionary event?

Paleobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-15

  Erwin, Douglas H ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; EDIACARAN; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METAZOAN; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANIMALIA; EUMETAZOA; METAZOA;

EID: 84924443539     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2014.2     Document Type: Article

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