Email this article Independent similarity in the morphological evolution of brachiopods
- Authors: Afanasjeva G.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Borissiak Paleontological Institute
- Issue: Vol 50, No 14 (2016)
- Pages: 1561-1568
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0031-0301/article/view/166889
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030116140021
- ID: 166889
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Abstract
The close similarity of the shell exterior of articulate brachiopods from different orders, which must be taken into account in taxonomic identifications and phylogenetic reconstructions, is analyzed. A possible mechanism of the appearance of such brachiopods in connection with the morphogenetic generality of the structurally similar organisms is evaluated.
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G. A. Afanasjeva
Borissiak Paleontological Institute
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Email: g.afanasjeva@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Profsoyuznaya ul. 123, Moscow, 117997
