A primitive placoderm sheds light on the origin of the jawed vertebrate face

Vincent Dupret (), Sophie Sanchez, Daniel Goujet, Paul Tafforeau and Per E. Ahlberg ()
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Vincent Dupret: Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden
Sophie Sanchez: Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden
Daniel Goujet: Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, UMR 7207 CR2P CNRS/MNHN/UPMC, 8 rue Buffon, CP 38,75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
Paul Tafforeau: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, 38043 Grenoble Cedex, France
Per E. Ahlberg: Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden

Nature, 2014, vol. 507, issue 7493, 500-503

Abstract: Studies of the head of the very primitive jawed vertebrate Romundina show that it combines jawed vertebrate architecture with cranial and cerebral proportions resembling those of extant jawless vertebrates such as lampreys.

Date: 2014
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