Ecdysis in a stem-group euarthropod from the early Cambrian of China

Abstract Moulting is a fundamental component of the ecdysozoan life cycle, but the fossil record of this strategy is susceptible to preservation biases, making evidence of ecdysis in soft-bodied organisms extremely rare. Here, we report an exceptional specimen of the fuxianhuiid Alacaris mirabilis p...

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Main Authors: Jie Yang, Javier Ortega-Hernández, Harriet B. Drage, Kun-sheng Du, Xi-guang Zhang
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/b76d5443cb2c48b2b796b07919a4e220
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