Chelicerate neural ground pattern in a Cambrian great appendage arthropod

Gengo Tanaka, Xianguang Hou (), Xiaoya Ma, Gregory D. Edgecombe and Nicholas J. Strausfeld ()
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Gengo Tanaka: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka 2370061, Japan
Xianguang Hou: Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
Xiaoya Ma: Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
Gregory D. Edgecombe: The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
Nicholas J. Strausfeld: University of Arizona

Nature, 2013, vol. 502, issue 7471, 364-367

Abstract: Cambrian great appendage arthropods had heads that bore a claw-like appendage pair; neuroanatomical and phylogenetic analysis of a well-preserved Alalcomenaeus fossil reveals the relationship of great appendage arthropods to Chelicerata.

Date: 2013
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