Patterns of Spicule Preservation in Cambrian Sponges / Sandy Y Cui.
The gap between potential sponge origin and their spicule preservation in the fossil record has been a longstanding enigma. While molecular clock studies and demosponge specific biomarkers suggested Porifera diverged preceding the Cambrian period, solid fossil evidence of sponge spicules did not app...
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Ann Arbor :
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,
2023.
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