Tunicates are an evolutionarily significant subphylum of marine chordates, with their phylogenetic position as the sister-group to Vertebrata making them key to unraveling our …
Natural history collections are critical for modern scientific investigations, which are greatly expanding on the potential data applications of historic specimens. However, using these …
Abstract The Drumian Wheeler Konservat‐Lagerstätte of the House Range of Utah (Wheeler‐ HR) has yielded one of the most diverse exceptionally preserved Cambrian biotas of North …
X Yang, J Kimmig, D Zhai, Y Liu, SR Kimmig… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
The fossil record, including the record of Burgess Shale-type deposits, is biased towards late ontogenetic stages. Larval stages, juvenile and subadult specimens exist but are very rare …
Y Wu, S Pates, J Ma, W Lin, Y Wu, X Zhang, D Fu - Geoscience Frontiers, 2022 - Elsevier
Over one hundred arthropod fossil species have been described from the famous Chengjiang Lagerstätte (South China, Cambrian Stage 3, ca. 518 Ma) including a diverse …
Abstract The Spence Shale Lagerstätte is a middle Cambrian (Miaolingian Series; Wuliuan Stage) fossil deposit in northern Utah and southern Idaho, USA. At present, it is known to …
Z Sun, F Zhao, H Zeng, C Luo… - National Science …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The rapid appearance of major animal groups and complex marine communities during the Cambrian explosion is recorded in large part in Burgess Shale-type lagerstätten. However …
S Pates, S Zamora - Royal Society Open Science, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Deposits preserving non-biomineralized tissues and animals provide an unrivalled opportunity to study the evolution and radiation of early animal life. Numerous sites of …
R Lerosey-Aubril… - Royal Society Open …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The fossil record suggests that chordates might have been minor components of marine ecosystems during the first major diversification of animal life in the Cambrian. Vertebrates …