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Many hexapod groups originated earlier and withstood extinction events better than previously realized: inferences from supertrees.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 May 2010
Davis Robert B, Baldauf Sandra L, Mayhew Peter J
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Comprising over half of all described species, the hexapods are central to understanding the evolution of global biodiversity. Direct fossil evidence suggests that new hexapod orders continued to originate from the Jurassic onwards, and diversity is presently higher than ever. Previous studies al...
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