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Phosphatized embryo fossils from the Cambrian explosion

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The earliest Cambrian (Meishucunian) phosphatized metazoanOlivooides from the Yangtze platform is represented by dierent developmental stages: from blastula through possible gastrula to tissue differentiation and finally to the hatched animals. The fossilization of embryos opens a new field in palaeontologypalaeoembryology. Embryological studies will be of importance for the understanding of ontogeny and phylogeny of metazoans from the Cambrian explosion.

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  1. Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geulogical Sciences, 100037, Beijing, China

    Zhao Yue

  2. Department of Palaeozoology, Swedish Museun of Natuol History, Box 50007, S-104 05, Stockholm, Sweden

    Stefan Bengtson

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Yue, Z., Bengtson, S. Phosphatized embryo fossils from the Cambrian explosion. Chin. Sci. Bull. 44, 842–845 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02885033

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