A stem-group cnidarian described from the mid-Cambrian of China and its significance for cnidarian evolution
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A stem-group cnidarian described from the mid-Cambrian of China and its significance for cnidarian evolution
Palaeontological data of extinct groups often sheds light on the evolutionary sequences leading to extant groups, but has failed to resolve the basal metazoan phylogeny including the origin of the Cnidaria. Here we report the occurrence of a stem-group cnidarian, Cambroctoconus orientalis gen. et sp. nov., from the mid-Cambrian of China, which is a colonial organism with calcareous octagonal co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Communications
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1457