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Fossil evidence unveils an early Cambrian origin for Bryozoa.
Nature - 1 Nov 2021
Zhang Zhiliang, Zhang Zhifei, Ma Junye, Taylor Paul D, Strotz Luke C, Jacquet Sarah M, Skovsted Christian B, Chen Feiyang, Han Jian, Brock Glenn A
Abstract excerpt
Bryozoans (also known as ectoprocts or moss animals) are aquatic, dominantly sessile, filter-feeding lophophorates that construct an organic or calcareous modular colonial (clonal) exoskeleton1-3. The presence of six major orders of bryozoans with advanced polymorphisms in lower Ordovician rocks strongly suggests a Cambrian origin for the largest and most diverse lophophorate phylum2,4-8. However, a lack of...
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