Decoding the fossil record of early lophophorates : Systematics and phylogeny of problematic Cambrian Lophotrochozoa

The evolutionary origins of animal phyla are intimately linked with the Cambrian explosion, a period of radical ecological and evolutionary innovation that begins approximately 540 Mya and continues for some 20 million years, during which most major animal groups appear. Lophotrochozoa, a major grou...

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Main Author: Butler, Aodhán D.
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Paleobiologi 2015
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-261907
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