Tag: Cambrian News
No! Really? Living Ediacarans?
Some unusual marine organisms don’t seem to fit anywhere in the animal classification scheme.
Metaspriggina: Vertebrate Fish Found in Cambrian Explosion
The earliest chordate in the Lower Cambrian is now shown to be a full-gilled vertebrate fish.
Simple Fractal Branching Explains the Ediacaran Rangeomorphs
The frond-like Ediacaran fauna known as Rangeomorphs had simple colony-like body plans consisting of self-similar branching patterns of tubular units.
The "Flat Animal": Is It a Cambrian Ancestor?
Phylum Placozoa contains one member, but it has a body plan, six cell types, and a complex genomic toolkit.
So Explaining the Cambrian Explosion Is All About the Oxygen, Is It?
A news article at Nature, "Oxygen fluctuations stalled life on Earth," is remarkable for skirting the main issue, the primary enigma.