
David Leo Pawson
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LOCATION: Washington, DC, United States
Senior Research Scientist, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; former Curator of Echinoderms.
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Echinoderm, any of a variety of invertebrate marine animals belonging to the phylum Echinodermata, characterized by a hard, spiny covering or skin. Beginning with the dawn of the Cambrian Period (542 million to 488 million years ago), echinoderms have a rich fossil history and are well represented…
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