Fossil musculature of the most primitive jawed vertebrates
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2013
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Trinajstic, Kate
Sanchez, Sophie
Dupret, Vincent
Tafforeau, Paul
Long, John
Young, Gavin
Senden, Timothy
Boisvert, Catherine
Power, Nicola
Ahlberg, Per
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
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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 examp
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Keywords: data acquisition; phylogenetics; vertebrate; abdominal wall musculature; article; fossil; muscle; nonhuman; phylogeny; priority journal; shark; shoulder girdle; tetrapod; Upper Devonian; vertebrate; Animals; Biological Evolution; Fishes; Fossils; Maxillof
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