Nectocaridid ecology, diversity, and affinity: early origin of a cephalopod-like body plan

@inproceedings{Smith2013NectocarididED,
  title={Nectocaridid ecology, diversity, and affinity: early origin of a cephalopod-like body plan},
  author={Martin R. Smith},
  booktitle={Paleobiology},
  year={2013}
}
  • Martin R. Smith
  • Published in Paleobiology 8 March 2013
  • Environmental Science, Geography
Abstract Nectocaridids are soft-bodied early to middle Cambrian organisms known from Burgess Shale-type deposits in Canada, China, and Australia. Originally described as unrelated species, they have recently been interpreted as a clade; their flexible tentacles, camera-type eyes, lateral fins, internal gills, axial cavity, and funnel point to a relationship with the cephalopods. However, aspects of this reinterpretation, including the relevance of the group to cephalopod evolution, have been… 

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