Sponge grade body fossil with cellular resolution dating 60 Myr before the Cambrian
Sponge grade body fossil with cellular resolution dating 60 Myr before the Cambrian
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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Significance Phylogenomic extrapolations indicate the last common ancestor of sponges and eumetazoans existed deep in the Cryogenian, perhaps 200 million years (Myr) before the Cambrian (541 Ma). This inference implies a long Precambrian history of animals phylogenetically allied with sponges. However, there is yet little unequivocal paleontologica...
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Sponge grade body fossil with cellular resolution dating 60 Myr before the Cambrian
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4378401
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4378401
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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10.1073/pnas.1414577112
