Ancient steroids establish the Ediacaran fossil Dickinsonia as one of the earliest animals

Bobrovskiy, Ilya, Hope, Janet M., Ivantsov, Andrey, Nettersheim, Benjamin J., Hallmann, Christian, Brocks, Jochen J.·2018·Science
DOI 10.1126/science.aat7228

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