Tag: great Ordovician biodiversification event
Fossil Friday: Chitinozoa — Enigmatic Microfossils from the Paleozoic Era
We may now add the mysterious Chitinozoa to this ever-growing list of products of the burst of biological creativity in the Early Cambrian.
Fossil Friday: Discontinuities in the Fossil Record — A Problem for Neo-Darwinism
The fossil record generally documents a discontinuous history of life with sudden appearances of new body plans and new forms of life in saltational events.
Fossil Friday: Update on Cambrian Bryozoans
The authors emphasize that “the origin of the bryozoans remains a mystery” but explicitly confirm the reality of the Cambrian Explosion.
Fossil Friday: Cambrian Bryozoa Come and Go
This is a field that often has more in common with the interpretation of inkblots in Rorschach tests than with hard science.
Untangling “Professor Dave’s” Confusion about the Cambrian Explosion
We have seen the absurdly low quality of this individual’s video. But there is much more. I have added timecodes in square brackets for easier reference.