MACROEVOLUTION AND MACROECOLOGY THROUGH DEEP TIME
@article{Butterfield2007MACROEVOLUTIONAM, title={MACROEVOLUTION AND MACROECOLOGY THROUGH DEEP TIME}, author={Nicholas J.F. Butterfield}, journal={Palaeontology}, year={2007}, volume={50} }
Abstract: The fossil record documents two mutually exclusive macroevolutionary modes separated by the transitional Ediacaran Period. Despite the early appearance of crown eukaryotes and an at least partially oxygenated atmosphere, the pre‐Ediacaran biosphere was populated almost exclusively by microscopic organisms exhibiting low diversity, no biogeographical partitioning and profound morphological/evolutionary stasis. By contrast, the post‐Ediacaran biosphere is characterized by large diverse…
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