Dynamic Paleontology

@JohnRHutchinson kinda surprised McMenamin wasn't involved, but maybe that's bc he has his own competing whackadoodle idea about the Cambrian explosion https://t.co/as3mrBlVPn

Endogenization: an entire giant virus genome incorporated into the eukaryote host genome, thereby making up 10% of host's genes. https://t.co/fDJQ8vCwnn https://t.co/X0oN0VsJ3H

"The CE virus was able to reach marine pandemic proportions due to both environmental disruption and habitat destruction during the transition from biomat world to the Paleozoic" Pandora’s Pithos | SpringerLink https://t.co/sSPDnM3jZb

Previously on Triassic Mega-Kraken Guy's Bizarre Adventure https://t.co/as3mrBlVPn