The ‘Tully monster’ is a vertebrate

Victoria E. McCoy (), Erin E. Saupe, James C. Lamsdell, Lidya G. Tarhan, Sean McMahon, Scott Lidgard, Paul Mayer, Christopher D. Whalen, Carmen Soriano, Lydia Finney, Stefan Vogt, Elizabeth G. Clark, Ross P. Anderson, Holger Petermann, Emma R. Locatelli and Derek E. G. Briggs
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Victoria E. McCoy: Yale University
Erin E. Saupe: Yale University
James C. Lamsdell: Yale University
Lidya G. Tarhan: Yale University
Sean McMahon: Yale University
Scott Lidgard: Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive
Paul Mayer: Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive
Christopher D. Whalen: Yale University
Carmen Soriano: Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
Lydia Finney: Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
Stefan Vogt: Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
Elizabeth G. Clark: Yale University
Ross P. Anderson: Yale University
Holger Petermann: Yale University
Emma R. Locatelli: Yale University
Derek E. G. Briggs: Yale University

Nature, 2016, vol. 532, issue 7600, 496-499

Abstract: The Tully monster (Tullimonstrum), a problematic fossil from the 309–307-million-year-old Mazon Creek biota of Illinois, is shown to be not only a vertebrate but also akin to lampreys, increasing the morphological disparity of that group.

Date: 2016
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