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Meiofauna mute the Cambrian Explosion

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Trace fossils from the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition of Brazil point to the existence of bioengineering meiofaunal animals prior to the ‘Cambrian Explosion’.

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Fig. 1: Laboratory experiments in the 1970s8 first established that Lebensspuren, or trace fossils, as they are now more commonly known, could be produced by meiobenthic nematodes.

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Tarhan, L.G. Meiofauna mute the Cambrian Explosion. Nat Ecol Evol 1, 1423–1424 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0324-2

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