First Animals Formed Complex Ecological Communities Before the Cambrian Explosion - SciTechDaily

Metacommunity analysis suggests succession, not mass extinction, explains the Ediacaran diversity drop. Early animals developed complex ecological communities more than 550 million years ago, setting the evolutionary stage for the Cambrian explosion, accordin…

A group of Ediacaran specimens of Fractofusus and Plumeropriscum from the E surface, Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada. Credit: Charlotte G. Kenchington (CC BY 4.0) Metacommuni… [+3155 chars]

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