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One of the unique groups of skeletal organisms of the lower Cambrian is the archaeocyathids, a group restricted to the early Cambrian and showing stages of their evolution. A longitudinal section through an archaeocyathid can show ontogenetic stages from a juvenile cup to the complete development of species characters. This feature allows the study of ontogenetic changes in the group, revealing various...