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1Subdepartment of Evolutionary Organismal Biology, Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden. martin.brazeau@gmail.com
Los primeros fósiles de vertebrados con mandíbula, acanthodians, revelan una caja cerebral primitiva en Ptomacanthus anglicus. Este descubrimiento remodela nuestra comprensión de la evolución temprana de los vertebrados y sus relaciones.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Paleontología Paleontología.
- Biología evolutiva Biología evolutiva.
- Filogenia de los vertebrados.
Sus antecedentes:
- El origen de los vertebrados con mandíbula (gnathostomes) en el Paleozoico temprano se entiende mal debido a la limitada evidencia fósil temprana.
- Los acantodios, un grupo extinto del Paleozoico, muestran una mezcla de rasgos similares a los de los tiburones y los peces óseos, lo que los convierte en clave para comprender la evolución temprana del gnathostome.
- La pobre fosilización de los endosqueletos de acanthodios ha oscurecido sus relaciones evolutivas con los vertebrados modernos.
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