The Rise of Animals: Evolution and Diversification of the Kingdom Animalia
@inproceedings{Fedonkin2008TheRO, title={The Rise of Animals: Evolution and Diversification of the Kingdom Animalia}, author={M. Fedonkin}, year={2008} }
Among the major events in evolutionary history, few rival in importance the appearance of animals. The Rise of Animals-a significant reference providing a comprehensive synthesis of the early radiation of the animal kingdom-fully captures this moment in geologic time. Five of the world's leading paleontologists take us on a journey to the most important fossil sites that serve as unique windows to the earliest animal life-including the Ediacara Hills of Australia, the Russian taiga and tundra… Expand
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