Fossil musculature of the most primitive jawed vertebrates

Date

2013

Authors

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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Science

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