New fossil of Gaoloufangchaeta advances the origin of Errantia (Annelida) to the early Cambrian

Molecular clock estimates suggest the origin of Annelida dates back to the Ediacaran period, which is in discordance with the first appearance of this taxon in the early Cambrian, as evidenced by the fossil records of stem-group and basally branching crown-group annelids. Using new material from the...

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Main Authors: Xiaoyu Yang, M. Teresa Aguado, Conrad Helm, Zhiqian Zhang, Christoph Bleidorn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2024-04-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.231580