The Mesozoic marine revolution (MMR) refers to the increase in shell-crushing (durophagous) and boring predation in benthic organisms throughout the Mesozoic...

during this event. The Cretaceous crab revolution is a smaller component of the greater Mesozoic marine revolution. The oldest known true crabs are Eoprosopon...

List of examples of convergent evolution Cretaceous crab revolution Mesozoic marine revolution Orthogenesis (comparable with convergent evolution but involving...

and Mesozoic eras. It is Earth's most severe known extinction event, with the extinction of 57% of biological families, 83% of genera, 81% of marine species...

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scientists that the radiation of echinoderms was responsible for the Mesozoic Marine Revolution. Echinoderm literally means "spiny skin", as this water melon...

hold that the radiation of echinoderms was responsible for the Mesozoic Marine Revolution. The name echinoderm is from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos) 'hedgehog'...

sessility. This radiation occurred somewhat earlier than the Mesozoic marine revolution, possibly because it was mainly prompted by increases in benthic...

trace-making organisms. It is subdivided into three eras, the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic, with major mass extinctions at division points. 538.8 Ma...

scientists that the radiation of echinoderms was responsible for the Mesozoic Marine Revolution. Aside from the hard-to-classify Arkarua (a Precambrian animal...