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Death march of a segmented and trilobate bilaterian elucidates early animal evolution.
Article in Nature, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.
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Abstract
The origin of motility in bilaterian animals represents an evolutionary innovation that transformed the Earth system. This innovation probably occurred in the late Ediacaran period-as evidenced by an abundance of trace fossils (ichnofossils) dating to this time, which include trails, trackways and burrows
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