Disparity, decimation and the Cambrian "explosion": comparison of early Cambrian and Present faunal communities with emphasis on velvet worms (Onychophora)

The controversy about a Cambrian "explosion" of morphological disparity (followed by decimation), cladogenesis and fossilization is of central importance for the history of life. This paper revisits the controversy (with emphasis in onychophorans, which include emblematic organisms such as Hallucige...

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Hlavní autoři:	Julián Monge-Nájera, Xianguang Hou, José A Vargas
Médium:	Artigo
Jazyk:	Inglês
Vydáno:	Universidad de Costa Rica 2002-06-01
Edice:	Revista de Biología Tropical
Témata:	Disparity decimation "explosion" community ecology feeding habitat fossil Metazoa evolution Chengjiang Burgess Shale Cambrian Recent Costa Rica
On-line přístup:	http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442002000200037
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