Ordovician opabiniid-like animals and the role of the proboscis in euarthropod head evolution

Here, the authors describe two opabiniid-like euarthropods with anterior proboscises from the Middle Ordovician Castle Bank Biota, Wales, UK. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that these specimens may be sister to radiodonts and deuteropods.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Stephen Pates, Joseph P. Botting, Lucy A. Muir, Joanna M. Wolfe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34204-w