Tag: brachiopods
Notes on the Mysterious Origin of Hippos
The family Hippopotamidae appears abruptly in the fossil record — like all the other groups that I have so far investigated in detail.
Namacalathus Revisited — Not Much to See
The new evidence is very ambiguous and totally inconclusive. No far-reaching conclusions should be drawn from such dubious material.
“Darwin’s Finches”: Galápagos Islands as an Evolutionary Model
Taking the facts and arguments presented together, it appears to be clear that no macroevolution is happening in “Darwin’s finches.”
Namacalathus, Alleged Ediacaran “Animal,” Fails to Refute Abrupt Cambrian Explosion
It could be anything, from a coelenterate-grade or sponge-grade organism to even a protist or an alga.