J. Caron

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Cambrian bivalved arthropod reveals origin of arthrodization
Extant arthropods are diverse and ubiquitous, forming a major constituent of most modern ecosystems. Evidence from early Palaeozoic Konservat Lagerstätten indicates that this has been the case since… Expand
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Morphology and systematics of the anomalocaridid arthropod Hurdia from the Middle Cambrian of British Columbia and Utah
In Cambrian fossil Lagerstätten like the Burgess Shale, exceptionally preserved arthropods constitute a large part of the taxonomic diversity, providing opportunities to study the early evolution of… Expand
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Tentaculate Fossils from the Cambrian of Canada (British Columbia) and China (Yunnan) Interpreted as Primitive Deuterostomes
Molecular and morphological evidence unite the hemichordates and echinoderms as the Ambulacraria, but their earliest history remains almost entirely conjectural. This is on account of the… Expand
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A soft-bodied mollusc with radula from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale
Odontogriphus omalus was originally described as a problematic non-biomineralized lophophorate organism. Here we re-interpret Odontogriphus based on 189 new specimens including numerous exceptionally… Expand
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TAPHONOMY OF THE GREATER PHYLLOPOD BED COMMUNITY, BURGESS SHALE
Abstract The degree to which the original community composition of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale was altered through transport and decay and how taphonomic conditions varied through time and… Expand
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Halwaxiids and the Early Evolution of the Lophotrochozoans
Halkieriids and wiwaxiids are cosmopolitan sclerite-bearing metazoans from the Lower and Middle Cambrian. Although they have similar scleritomes, their phylogenetic position is contested. A new… Expand
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A new Burgess Shale–type assemblage from the “thin” Stephen Formation of the southern Canadian Rockies
A new Burgess Shale–type assemblage, from the Stephen Formation of the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains, is described herein. It occurs near Stanley Glacier in Kootenay National Park, 40 km… Expand
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QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF TAPHOFACIES AND PALEOCOMMUNITIES IN THE EARLY CAMBRIAN CHENGJIANG LAGERSTÄTTE
Abstract Detailed sedimentological and quantitative taphonomical analyses of 11,974 fossil specimens from an early Cambrian (Stage 3) Chengjiang-type deposit near Haikou, Yunnan, reveals significant… Expand
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A primitive fish from the Cambrian of North America
Knowledge of the early evolution of fish largely depends on soft-bodied material from the Lower (Series 2) Cambrian period of South China. Owing to the rarity of some of these forms and a general… Expand
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Pikaia gracilens Walcott, a stem‐group chordate from the Middle Cambrian of British Columbia
  • S. C. Morris, J. Caron
  • Biology, Medicine
  • Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical…
  • 1 May 2012
The Middle Cambrian Pikaia gracilens (Walcott) has an iconic position as a Cambrian chordate, but until now no detailed description has been available. Here on the basis of the 114 available… Expand
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