Tag: mollusks
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NYT: The Sad Fate of the Ancient, Well-Shelled Mariners
The New York Times has an article about oceanic turnover from brachiopods to mollusks which occurred throughout the Paleozoic. During the Cambrian and the Ordovician, brachiopods ruled the sea floor. By the Devonian, much of the diversity of brachiopods had disappeared. In the current oceans, brachiopods are rarely found. They have been replaced by bi-valved…
