Albert CardonaShadows of 512 million years ago: "A Cambrian soft-bodied biota after the first Phanerozoic mass extinction", Zeng et al. 2026
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10030-0
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A Cambrian soft-bodied biota after the first Phanerozoic mass extinction - Nature
The Huayuan biota exhibits extraordinary biodiversity, illuminating the impact of the Phanerozoic mass extinction around 513 million years ago and offering critical insights into the transformation of global ecosystems in the early Cambrian.