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The oldest three-dimensionally preserved vertebrate neurocranium
Dearden, R.P.; Lanzetti, A.; Giles, S.; Johanson, Z.; Jones, A.S.; Lautenschlager, S.; Randle, E.; Sansom, I.J. (2023). The oldest three-dimensionally preserved vertebrate neurocranium. Nature (Lond.) 621(7980): 782-787. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06538-y
In: Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 0028-0836; e-ISSN 1476-4687, meer
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Eriptychius americanus Marien/Kust |
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- Dearden, R.P.
- Lanzetti, A.
- Giles, S.
- Johanson, Z.
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- Jones, A.S.
- Lautenschlager, S.
- Randle, E.
- Sansom, I.J.
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| Abstract |
The neurocranium is an integral part of the vertebrate head, itself a major evolutionary innovation. However, its early history remains poorly understood, with great dissimilarity in form between the two living vertebrate groups: gnathostomes (jawed vertebrates) and cyclostomes (hagfishes and lampreys). The 100 Myr gap separating the Cambrian appearance of vertebrates from the earliest three-dimensionally preserved vertebrate neurocrania further obscures the origins of modern states. Here we use computed tomography to describe the cranial anatomy of an Ordovician stem-group gnathostome: Eriptychius americanus from the Harding Sandstone of Colorado, USA. A fossilized head of Eriptychius preserves a symmetrical set of cartilages that we interpret as the preorbital neurocranium, enclosing the fronts of laterally placed orbits, terminally located mouth, olfactory bulbs and pineal organ. This suggests that, in the earliest gnathostomes, the neurocranium filled out the space between the dermal skeleton and brain, like in galeaspids, osteostracans and placoderms and unlike in cyclostomes. However, these cartilages are not fused into a single neurocranial unit, suggesting that this is a derived gnathostome trait. Eriptychius fills a major temporal and phylogenetic gap in our understanding of the evolution of the gnathostome head, revealing a neurocranium with an anatomy unlike that of any previously described vertebrate. |
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