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The ‘Tully monster’ is a vertebrate

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  • Victoria E. McCoy

    (Yale University)

  • Erin E. Saupe

    (Yale University)

  • James C. Lamsdell

    (Yale University
    American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street)

  • Lidya G. Tarhan

    (Yale University)

  • Sean McMahon

    (Yale University)

  • Scott Lidgard

    (Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive)

  • Paul Mayer

    (Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive)

  • Christopher D. Whalen

    (Yale University)

  • Carmen Soriano

    (Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory)

  • Lydia Finney

    (Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory)

  • Stefan Vogt

    (Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory)

  • Elizabeth G. Clark

    (Yale University)

  • Ross P. Anderson

    (Yale University)

  • Holger Petermann

    (Yale University)

  • Emma R. Locatelli

    (Yale University)

  • Derek E. G. Briggs

    (Yale University
    Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Avenue,)

Abstract

The Tully monster (Tullimonstrum), a problematic fossil from the 309–307-million-year-old Mazon Creek biota of Illinois, is shown to be not only a vertebrate but also akin to lampreys, increasing the morphological disparity of that group.

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  • Victoria E. McCoy & Erin E. Saupe & James C. Lamsdell & Lidya G. Tarhan & Sean McMahon & Scott Lidgard & Paul Mayer & Christopher D. Whalen & Carmen Soriano & Lydia Finney & Stefan Vogt & Elizabeth G., 2016. "The ‘Tully monster’ is a vertebrate," Nature, Nature, vol. 532(7600), pages 496-499, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:532:y:2016:i:7600:d:10.1038_nature16992
    DOI: 10.1038/nature16992
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