Two-dimensional representation of the range of features found within ancient echinoderms (IMAGE)

University of West Georgia

Two-dimensional representation of the range of features found within ancient echinoderms

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The hypothetical ancestral echinoderm is at the center of the graph with evolutionary pathways radiating outward during and following the Cambrian Explosion to establish the major echinoderm body plans from sea urchins to sea lilies.

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Deline, et. al.

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