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Study: Mass Extinctions Could Shake Up Marine Life

By Hugh CollinsSep 3rd 2010 – 1:54PM
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De Agostini / Getty Images

(Sept. 3) --The rate at which animals and plants are going extinct could drastically alter life in the Earth's seas, according to a new study. Mass extinctions throughout history have altered the structure of life in the seas, with dominant creatures being toppled and others rushing in to take their place, creating a...

Background on brachiopods

Brachiopods, phylum Brachiopoda, are marine animals that have hard "valves" (shells) on the upper and lower surfaces, unlike the left and right arrangement in bivalve molluscs.

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