Viewing the Ediacaran Biota as a failed experiment is unhelpful

Frances Dunn; Alex Liu

doi:10.1038/s41559-019-0815-4

Viewing the Ediacaran Biota as a failed experiment is unhelpful

Frances Dunn, Alex Liu

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Abstract

Macroscopic organisms from the late Ediacaran period have often been described as failed experiments in the history of life. We argue that the field of Ediacaran palaeobiology should dispense with unhelpful historical classification schemes and embrace phylogenetic systematics if we are to establish the evolutionary relevance of these fossils.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	512-514
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature Ecology and Evolution
Volume	3
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0815-4
Publication status	Published - 11 Feb 2019

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Viewing the Ediacaran Biota as a failed experiment is unhelpful

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