Developmental biology of <i>Helicoforamina</i> reveals holozoan affinity, cryptic diversity, and adaptation to heterogeneous environments in the early Ediacaran Weng’an biota (Doushantuo Formation, South China)

Abstract

into life cycles assembled from other components of the Weng'an biota but support a holozoan affinity. The similarly ornamented encysted forms shared among the diverse Weng'an biota represent parallel adaptations to the temporally and spatially heterogeneous Ediacaran shallow marine environments.

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