Bryozoan fossils found at last in deposits from the Cambrian period

Andrej Ernst () and Mark A. Wilson ()

Nature, 2021, vol. 599, issue 7884, 203-204

Abstract: Molecular evidence has long indicated that aquatic animals called bryozoans should be found among the fossils of the Cambrian period, around 541 million years ago. Yet they have been conspicuously absent, until now.

Keywords: Evolution; Palaeontology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-021-02874-z

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