The study of Cambrian arthropods offers a fascinating glimpse into the early evolution of one of the most diverse and successful groups of animals on Earth. The Cambrian period, known for the ...

These familiar marine arthropods first arose about 545 million years ago in the early Cambrian and thrived throughout the world's oceans until they were wiped out in the Permian extinctions about ...

A majority of species in the animal kingdom use mandibles for eating, and this bright idea might’ve originated with the Cambrian arthropod Odaraia alata. A new study led by scientists at the ...

Lomankus edgecombei was a small, elongated arthropod measuring around 8-20 millimeters in length, not including its lengthy tail-like telson. What sets it apart from its cousins in the Cambrian ...

However, a close look at Cambrian-age (541 million years to 485 million years ago ... The researchers were also interested in knowing why loriciferans and kinorhynchs share a similar nervous system ...

Ecdysozoans include arthropods (such as insects and crabs ... first appeared in the early Cambrian. They represent a crucial lineage for investigating the evolutionary trajectory of the ventral ...

At 517 million years, Chengjiang is the oldest-known Cambrian site preserving soft-body parts. The more famous Burgess Shale in Canada is younger, at about 508 million years old. Around 50% of the ...

Ecdysozoans include arthropods (such as insects and crabs ... first appeared in the early Cambrian. They represent a crucial lineage for investigating the evolutionary trajectory of the ventral ...

Ecdysozoans include arthropods (such as insects and crabs ... first appeared in the early Cambrian. They represent a crucial lineage for investigating the evolutionary trajectory of the ventral ...

Ecdysozoans include arthropods (such as insects and crabs), nematodes (roundworms), and smaller ... particularly in segmented animals. During the Precambrian-Cambrian transition, changes in the ...

analysed the fossils from key Cambrian deposits. The fossils included Scalidophora, a subgroup of Ecdysozoa. Ecdysozoans include arthropods (such as insects and crabs), nematodes (roundworms), and ...