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ArticleNature2026

High-fidelity modular skeletons authenticate a Cambrian origin for Bryozoa.

Baopeng Song, Zhifei Zhang, Luke C Strotz, Timothy P Topper, Andrej Ernst, Junye Ma, Zhiliang Zhang, Mei Luo, Lars E Holmer, Yue Liang and 4 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Baopeng SongState Key Laboratory of Continental Evolution and Early Life, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life and Environments, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-8116-7368
Zhifei ZhangState Key Laboratory of Continental Evolution and Early Life, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life and Environments, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China. elizf@nwu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0325-5116
Luke C StrotzState Key Laboratory of Continental Evolution and Early Life, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life and Environments, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8818-1832
Timothy P TopperState Key Laboratory of Continental Evolution and Early Life, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life and Environments, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6720-7418
Andrej ErnstInstitut für Geologie, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1299-2559
Junye MaState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0798-0529
Zhiliang ZhangState Key Laboratory of Continental Evolution and Early Life, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life and Environments, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2296-5973
Mei LuoState Key Laboratory of Continental Evolution and Early Life, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life and Environments, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.
Lars E HolmerState Key Laboratory of Continental Evolution and Early Life, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life and Environments, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3629-0049
Yue LiangState Key Laboratory of Continental Evolution and Early Life, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life and Environments, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.
Yazhou HuState Key Laboratory of Continental Evolution and Early Life, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life and Environments, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.
Caibin ZhangState Key Laboratory of Continental Evolution and Early Life, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life and Environments, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.
Yanlong ChenState Key Laboratory of Continental Evolution and Early Life, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life and Environments, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.
Glenn A BrockState Key Laboratory of Continental Evolution and Early Life, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life and Environments, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2277-7350

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The major animal body plans originated during the Cambrian explosion, yet the phylum Bryozoa has remained a conspicuous exception to this pattern

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BryozoaFossilsAnimalsChinaPhylogeny

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PMID42236935
PMCPMC13441974

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