Fossil musculature of the most primitive jawed vertebrates
The transition from jawless to jawed vertebrates (gnathostomes) resulted in the reconfiguration of the muscles and skeleton of the head, including the creation of a separate shoulder girdle with distinct neck muscles. We describe here the only known examples of preserved musculature from placoderms...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science
2013
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6142/160.abstract http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19600 |