Alien Biospheres: Part 5 - Terrestrial Diversity and Ecology

In which the representatives of our two body plans compete for dominance of the first terrestrial ecosystems.

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Presnell JS, Vandepas LE, Warren KJ, Swalla BJ, Amemiya CT, Browne WE, 2016. The Presence of a Functionally Tripartite Through-Gut in Ctenophora Has Implications for Metazoan Character Trait Evolution. Curr Biol. 2016 Oct 24;26(20):2814-2820. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.019. Epub 2016 Aug 25.

Elizabeth B. Knauss, Indication of an Anal Pore in Gnathostomulida. Zoologica Scripta 8(1‐4):181 - 186


0:00 - Climate
1:17 - Chemophytes
2:10 - Saprotrophs
3:17 - Lophostomes

4:31 - Malacoforms
7:20 - Diplostomes
10:56 - Stenostracans
11:57 - Coleostracans
13:45 - Osteopods

16:24 - Niche partitioning

17:37 - Platydonts
18:30 - Desmostracans
19:35 - Megalobrachids
20:34 - Dromaeopods
21:16 - Elastospondyls
22:47 - Deinognathans