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Cambrian Period

Megachelicerax cousteaui Chelicerate Evolution Cambrian Explosion Microscopic Fossils Salterella Animal Diversification Burgess Shale Ecdysozoan Fossils Marine Ecosystems Chelicerates

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520-Million-Year-Old Fossils Confirm Bryozoans in the Early Cambrian

Phylogenetic placement within crown-group Stenolaemata suggests the bryozoan crown is older than thought with complex colonial anatomy already established by the Early Cambrian.

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Huayuan Biota From China Unveils Deep-Water Cambrian Life After Early Mass Extinction

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First Soft-Bodied Cambrian Fossils Found in Grand Canyon Reveal Evolutionary ‘Goldilocks Zone’

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506-Million-Year-Old Predator Mosura fentoni Unveiled from Canada's Burgess Shale

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Fossil Discovery Reveals Origins of Early Nervous Systems in Ecdysozoans

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Ancient Spiny Mollusc Fossil Sheds Light on Early Evolution

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Cambrian Period

520-Million-Year-Old Fossils Confirm Bryozoans in the Early Cambrian

Chinese Fossil Trove Pushes Complex Animal Origins Into the Ediacaran

Oldest Chelicerate Fossil Dates to 500 Million Years Ago

500-Million-Year-Old Chelicerate Pushes Back Spider Lineage by 20 Million Years

Huayuan Biota From China Unveils Deep-Water Cambrian Life After Early Mass Extinction

First Soft-Bodied Cambrian Fossils Found in Grand Canyon Reveal Evolutionary ‘Goldilocks Zone’

506-Million-Year-Old Predator Mosura fentoni Unveiled from Canada's Burgess Shale

Fossil Discovery Reveals Origins of Early Nervous Systems in Ecdysozoans

Ancient Spiny Mollusc Fossil Sheds Light on Early Evolution

518-Million-Year-Old 'Terror Beasts' Unearthed in North Greenland