A lamprey from the Cretaceous Jehol biota of China

Mee-mann Chang (), Jiangyong Zhang () and Desui Miao
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Mee-mann Chang: Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jiangyong Zhang: Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Desui Miao: Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas

Nature, 2006, vol. 441, issue 7096, 972-974

Abstract: Lampreys: then as now The fossil record of lampreys is sparse, and the fossils that do exist are hard to interpret. This new specimen from the Cretaceous Jehol biota of China plugs a 300-million-year gap in the fossil record, and shows that this ancient lineage of jawless vertebrates had assumed its modern form more than 100 million years ago.

Date: 2006
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