Nicholas J Butterfield

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Affiliation: University of Cambridge
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Hooking some stem-group "worms": fossil lophotrochozoans in the Burgess Shale
    Nicholas J Butterfield
    Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ
    Bioessays 28:1161-6. 2006
  2. ncbi Reconstructing early sponge relationships by using the Burgess Shale fossil Eiffelia globosa, Walcott
    Joseph P Botting
    Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:1554-9. 2005
  3. ncbi Sophisticated particle-feeding in a large Early Cambrian crustacean
    Thomas H P Harvey
    Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, UK
    Nature 452:868-71. 2008
  4. ncbi Origin of the Eumetazoa: testing ecological predictions of molecular clocks against the Proterozoic fossil record
    Kevin J Peterson
    Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:9547-52. 2005

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Publications4

  1. ncbi Hooking some stem-group "worms": fossil lophotrochozoans in the Burgess Shale
    Nicholas J Butterfield
    Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ
    Bioessays 28:1161-6. 2006
    ..Despite their close relationship, these two jawed, segmented worms could conceivably represent the early stages of two separate phyla...
  2. ncbi Reconstructing early sponge relationships by using the Burgess Shale fossil Eiffelia globosa, Walcott
    Joseph P Botting
    Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:1554-9. 2005
    ..These results support molecular analyses that identify the calcarean-silicisponge transition as the earliest major sponge branch and suggest that the heteractinids were paraphyletic with respect to the Hexactinellida...
  3. ncbi Sophisticated particle-feeding in a large Early Cambrian crustacean
    Thomas H P Harvey
    Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, UK
    Nature 452:868-71. 2008
    ..This Early Cambrian record predates the major expansions of large-bodied, particle-handling crustaceans by at least one hundred million years, emphasizing the importance of ecological context in driving adaptive radiations...
  4. ncbi Origin of the Eumetazoa: testing ecological predictions of molecular clocks against the Proterozoic fossil record
    Kevin J Peterson
    Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:9547-52. 2005
    ..Thus, the more readily preserved microfossil record provides positive evidence for the absence of pre-Ediacaran eumetazoans and strongly supports the veracity, and therefore more general application, of the ME molecular clock...