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Punctured Shells Illuminate Unique Predator-Prey Interactions in Cambrian Oceans


The rapid increase in diversity and abundance of biomineralizing organisms during the Early Cambrian epoch (around 535 million years ago) is often attributed to predation and an evolutionary arms race.

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