Concilitergan Relationships (IMAGE)

Harvard University, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Concilitergan Relationships

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Concilitergan diversity and relationships. A,Arthroaspis bergstroemi, MGUH 30382, from the early Cambrian (Stage 3) Sirius Passet, Greenland. B,Helmetia expansa, USNM 83952, from the mid-Cambrian (Wuliuan) Burgess Shale, Canada. C,Kuamaia lata, CJHMD 00064, from early Cambrian (Stage 3) Chengjiang, China. D,Tegopelte gigas, USNM 189201, from the mid-Cambrian (Wuliuan) Burgess Shale, Canada. E, simplified topology based on results from phylogenetic analyses herein which resolved Arthroaspis bergstroemi as an early-branching concilitergan.

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Image courtesy of Jean-Bernard Caron and Sarah Losso

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