Fossil steroids record the appearance of Demospongiae during the Cryogenian period

2009/02/01 by Gordon D. Love, Emmanuelle Grosjean, Charlotte Stalvies +12 · 7 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Marine Biology and Ecology Research #Marine Sponges and Natural Products #Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

paper · doi:10.1038/nature07673

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• Extinction of Cloudina and Namacalathus at the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary in Oman

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