新 シルア 紀 の アキュリフェラ 類 の 化石 は,モルルスカ の 複雑 な 初期 の 歴史 を 明らかに し て い ます

Mark D Sutton1, Julia D Sigwart2,3, Derek E G Briggs4,5

  • 1Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK. m.sutton@imperial.ac.uk.

Nature
|January 8, 2025
PubMed
まとめ

初期のモルルシャンの進化は,特にアキュリフェラ群の進化は,新しいシルウリア化石によって明らかにされている. これらの発見は,古代アキュリフェランスの重要な形態学的および生態学的多様性を示し,保守主義の以前の考え方に挑戦しています.

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