Three-dimensionally preserved appendages in an early Cambrian stem-group pancrustacean
Publication information:
D. Zhai, J. Ortega-Hernández, J. M. Wolfe, X. G. Hou, C. J. Cao, and Y. Liu. 2019. “Three-Dimensionally Preserved Appendages in an Early Cambrian Stem-Group Pancrustacean”. Current Biology, 29, 1, Pp. 171-77
Abstract
• The Chengjiang euarthropod Ercaicunia multinodosa preserves appendages in 3D
- Head appendages include antennulae, differentiated antennae, mandibles, and maxillae
- Trunk appendages are biramous with proximal epipodites
- Ercaicunia represents the first stem-group pancrustacean known from macrofossils