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A primitive placoderm sheds light on the origin of the jawed vertebrate face

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  • Vincent Dupret

    (Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden)

  • Sophie Sanchez

    (Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden
    European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, 38043 Grenoble Cedex, France)

  • Daniel Goujet

    (Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, UMR 7207 CR2P CNRS/MNHN/UPMC, 8 rue Buffon, CP 38,75231 Paris Cedex 05, France)

  • Paul Tafforeau

    (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, 38043 Grenoble Cedex, France)

  • Per E. Ahlberg

    (Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden)

Abstract

Studies of the head of the very primitive jawed vertebrate Romundina show that it combines jawed vertebrate architecture with cranial and cerebral proportions resembling those of extant jawless vertebrates such as lampreys.

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  • Vincent Dupret & Sophie Sanchez & Daniel Goujet & Paul Tafforeau & Per E. Ahlberg, 2014. "A primitive placoderm sheds light on the origin of the jawed vertebrate face," Nature, Nature, vol. 507(7493), pages 500-503, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:507:y:2014:i:7493:d:10.1038_nature12980
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12980
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