Eumetazoa
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| Eumetazoa Temporal range: early Ediacaran (perhaps earlier) – Recent |
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| A lancelet. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 |
Eumetazoa is a clade which includes all major animal phyla except sponges.
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References [change]
| Wikispecies has information on: Eumetazoa. |
- Borchiellini C. et al. 2001. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 14 (1): 171-179.
- Peterson, Kevin J. et al. 2005. Tempo & mode of early animal evolution: inferences from rocks, Hox, & molecular clocks. Paleobiology 31(2, Supplement): 36-55.