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Curator of Palaeontology and Geology at @ManitobaMuseum, using Cambro-Ordovician #fossils to illuminate early animal evolution
May 6, 2022 46 tweets 41 min read
The #Cambrian Explosion marks the first appearance of many animal phyla in the #fossil record, but just how radical was it? I'm starting a new #FossilFriday thread where I post Cambrian fossil representatives of one phylum per week. Join me on this trek across the tree of life Image Let's begin with #Annelida. In the #Cambrian these come mainly from deposits of exceptional preservation. Polychaetes and sipunculids, including species with potential affinities to living families, are represented.
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