Research into the Ordovician period also revealed a significant increase in bioclaustration diversity, which involved organisms like bryozoans and corals. This phenomenon, termed the Ordovician ...

The latter was home to nautiloids, corals, bryozoans, and brachiopods — clearly, these are not dinosaurs. Then, during the Ordovician period, the region became a landmass, only to drop under the water ...

They play a key role in coastal ecosystems. Researchers have now characterised the genomes of 60 brown algae species around ...