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Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history

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Benton, MJ, Donoghue, PCJ, Vinther, J, Asher, RJ, Friedman, M, Near, TJ·2015·Palaeontologia Electronica
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  • It is widely agreed that animals existed at least during the later stages of the Ediacaran period (635-541 Ma), as evidenced by trace fossils and some body fossils with likely metazoan affinities.

    “Indeed, it is now widely agreed that animals existed at least during the later stages of the preceding Ediacaran period (635–541 Ma), as evidenced by trace fossils and some body fossils with likely metazoan affinities5–7.”

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Benton, M., Donoghue, P., Vinther, J., Asher, R., Friedman, M., & Near, T.
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  • University of Cambridge (GB)
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Palaeontologia Electronica
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animal evolution, evolutionary history, fossil record, deep time, macroevolution

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