Charnia and sea pens are poles apart
Publication: Journal of the Geological Society
Volume 164
Pages 49 - 51
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Charnia from the Ediacara biota is here examined in terms of its growth and development. The Ediacara biota comes from the critical period of evolution just before the Cambrian Explosion and is key to our understanding of the origin of animal life. We show that Charnia cannot be related to the modern cnidarian group the sea pens (Pennatulacea) with which it has for so long been compared, as generative zones cannot be homologized between these forms.
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Journal of the Geological Society
Volume 164 • Number 1 • January 2007
Pages: 49 - 51
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© 2007 The Geological Society of London.
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Received: 6 June 2006
Accepted: 10 October 2006
Published: January 2007
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