Unveiling the early evolution of black corals

Abstract Black corals, primarily deep-sea cnidarians (Anthozoa: Antipatharia), are inferred to have originated either in the Ediacaran or Cambrian based on molecular clock estimates. However, only the fossil family Sinopathidae, comprising Sinopathes and Sterictopathes, from the Early Ordovician of...

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Main Authors: Wenjing Hao, Jian Han, Andrzej Baliński, Mercer R. Brugler, Deng Wang, Xin Wang, Bernhard Ruthensteiner, Tsuyoshi Komiya, Jie Sun, Yuanyuan Yong, Xikun Song
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-04-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08022-x
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