Bivalve Boom (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

Bivalve Boom

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Bivalves predominate in this sample of marine organisms. Marine bivalves have been originating new species faster since the extinction of the dinosaurs than before, according to paleontologists at the University of Chicago and the University of California, Berkeley.

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Courtesy of Susan Kidwell

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