Internal anatomy of a fossilized embryonic stage of the Cambrian-Ordovician scalidophoran Markuelia

The Wangcun fossil Lagerstätte in Hunan, South China, has yielded hundreds of fossilized embryos of Markuelia hunanensis representing different developmental stages. Internal tissues have only rarely been observed, impeding further understanding of the soft tissue anatomy, phylogenetic affinity and...

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Main Authors: Xi-ping Dong, Baichuan Duan, Jianbo Liu, Philip C. J. Donoghue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2022-10-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.220115