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Reappraisal of the Silurian placoderm Silurolepis and insights into the dermal neck joint evolution

Silurolepis platydorsalis, a Silurian jawed vertebrate originally identified as an antiarch, is here redescribed as a maxillate placoderm close to Qilinyu and is anteroposteriorly reversed as opposed to the original description. The cuboid trunk shield possesses three longitudinal cristae, obstanic...

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Published in:R Soc Open Sci
Main Authors: Zhu, You-an, Lu, Jing, Zhu, Min
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6774982/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31598327
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191181
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