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The implications of a Silurian and other thylacocephalan crustaceans for the functional morphology and systematic affinities of the group

BACKGROUND: Thylacocephala is a group of enigmatic extinct arthropods. Here we provide a full description of the oldest unequivocal thylacocephalan, a new genus and species Thylacares brandonensis, which is present in the Silurian Waukesha fauna from Wisconsin, USA. We also present details of younge...

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Autores principales: Haug, Carolin, Briggs, Derek E G, Mikulic, Donald G, Kluessendorf, Joanne, Haug, Joachim T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4448278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25927449
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-014-0159-2