ArticleRoyal Society open science2022
The problematic Cambrian arthropod
Article in Royal Society open science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- 3D morphology of the Cambrian bivalved arthropod Sunella informs about head segmentation, arthrodization, and arthropodization.Communications biology · 2026Article
- Early evolvability in arthropod tagmosis exemplified by a new radiodont from the Burgess Shale.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
- A microscopic Burgess Shale: small carbonaceous fossils from a deeper water biota and the distribution of Cambrian non-mineralized faunas.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- The CambrianProceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Discovery of diversePeerJ · 2024Review
- Large euarthropod carapaces from a high latitude Cambrian (Drumian) deposit in Spain.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
- Five new malformed trilobites from Cambrian and Ordovician deposits from the Natural History Museum.PeerJ · 2023Article
- The problematic Cambrian arthropodRoyal Society open science · 2022Article
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Abstract
The origin of mandibulates, the hyperdiverse arthropod group that includes pancrustaceans and myriapods, dates back to the Cambrian. Bivalved arthropod groups such as hymenocarines have been argued to be early mandibulates, but many species are still poorly known, and their affinities remain uncertain. One of the most common and globally distributed Cambrian bivalved arthropods is
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