The functional head of the Cambrian radiodontan (stem-group Euarthropoda) Amplectobelua symbrachiata

Abstract Background Segmental composition and homologies of the head of stem-group Euarthropoda have been the foci of recent studies on arthropod origins. An emerging hypothesis suggests that upper-stem group euarthropods possessed a three-segmented head/brain, including an ocular segment (protocere...

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Main Authors: Peiyun Cong, Allison C. Daley, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Xianguang Hou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-017-1049-1