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The oldest echinoderm faunas from Gondwana show that echinoderm body plan diversification was rapid

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  • Andrew B. Smith

    (Natural History Museum)

  • Samuel Zamora

    (Natural History Museum)

  • J. Javier Álvaro

    (Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC/INTA))

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The oldest echinoderm faunas have previously been restricted to North America and had a radiate body plan. This discovery of echinoderms from Morocco reveals a diverse range of body forms just 15 million years after echinoderms first evolved a calcite skeleton, showing a rapid rate of morphological evolution.

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  • Andrew B. Smith & Samuel Zamora & J. Javier Álvaro, 2013. "The oldest echinoderm faunas from Gondwana show that echinoderm body plan diversification was rapid," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 4(1), pages 1-7, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:4:y:2013:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms2391
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2391
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