Crustaceans and the "Cambrian Explosion"

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 07 Dec 2001 English Publisher:American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Journal:Science, volume 294, pages 2,047-2,047 (issn: 0036-8075, eissn: 1095-9203,

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Authors: G E, Budd; N J, Butterfield; S, Jensen;

doi: 10.1126/science.294.5549.2047a

pmid: 11739918

Crustaceans and the "Cambrian Explosion"

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Abstract

We noted with interest the report by Siveter et al . ([1][1]) of new phosphatocopid specimens showing soft-part preservation from the Lower Cambrian Comley Limestones, but we question some of the interpretations both in the report and in the accompanying Perspective by Fortey ([2][2]). First,

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Geologic Sediments, Fossils, Crustacea, Animals, Biological Evolution

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