A Silurian placoderm with osteichthyan-like marginal jaw bones

The gnathostome (jawed vertebrate) crown group comprises two extant clades with contrasting character complements. Notably, Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) lack the large dermal bones that characterize Osteichthyes (bony fish and tetrapods). The polarities of these differences, and the morpholog...

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Published in:	Nature (London) Vol. 502; no. 7470; pp. 188 - 193
Main Authors:	Zhu, Min, Yu, Xiaobo, Ahlberg, Per Erik, Choo, Brian, Lu, Jing, Qiao, Tuo, Qu, Qingming, Zhao, Wenjin, Jia, Liantao, Blom, Henning, Zhu, You’an
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 10.10.2013 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	631/181/414 Animals Armor Bones China Evolution Fishes - anatomy & histology Fishes - classification Fossils Humanities and Social Sciences Jaw - anatomy & histology Jaws multidisciplinary Natural history Phylogenetics Phylogeny Physiological aspects Science Silurian Species Specificity Vertebrates China Sweden
ISSN:	0028-0836, 1476-4687, 1476-4687
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