The latest vertebrates are the earliest

RICHARD J. ALDRIDGE; DEREK E.G. BRIGGS; IVAN J. SANSOM; M. PAUL SMITH

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2451.1994.tb00891.x

The latest vertebrates are the earliest

RICHARD J. ALDRIDGE^*, DEREK E.G. BRIGGS, IVAN J. SANSOM, M. PAUL SMITH

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The teeth, or elements, ofconodonts are among the most important Palaeozoic microfossils. Despite this, the biological relationships of conodonts have long remained enigmatic. Recent evidence of their soft anatomy, and of the ultrastructure of the elements, has finally revealed that they are vertebrates. These discoveries push vertebrate origins firmly back into the Cambrian and add a large cohort of specialists to the ranks of the vertebrate palaeontologists.

Original language	English
Pages	141-145
Number of pages	5
Volume	10
No.	4
Specialist publication	Geology Today
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2451.1994.tb00891.x
Publication status	Published - Jul 1994

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Earth-Surface Processes
Stratigraphy
Palaeontology

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