Experimental taphonomy of velvet worms (Onychophora) and implications for the Cambrian "explosion, disparity and decimation" model

Experimental preservation of velvet worms (phylum Onychophora), a very rare but evolutionarily important group that has existed for more than 500 million years, showed that the absence of bucal parts, adhesive-expelling organs, gonopore, eyes, legs, claws, annulation and papillation in fossils may n...

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Published in:	Revista de Biología Tropical
Main Authors:	Julián Monge-Nájera, Hou Xianguang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidad de Costa Rica 2002-12-01
Subjects:	Taphonomy Cambrian Onychophora evolution model fossil photorealistic reconstruction
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442002000300030