Three-dimensionally preserved appendages in an early Cambrian stem-group pancrustacean

Citation:

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. 171-177. Publisher's Version

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
Last updated on 01/07/2019