Decay of velvet worms (Onychophora), and bias in the fossil record of lobopodians

Brain structure resolves the segmental affinity of anomalocaridid appendages

(2014) Peiyun Cong et al.   NATURE

Chelicerate neural ground pattern in a Cambrian great appendage arthropod

(2013) Gengo Tanaka et al.   NATURE

Fossilization causes organisms to appear erroneously primitive by distorting evolutionary trees

(2013) Robert S. Sansom et al.   Scientific Reports

Morphology of Cambrian lobopodian eyes from the Chengjiang Lagerstätte and their evolutionary significance

(2012) Xiaoya Ma et al.   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

A Carboniferous Non-Onychophoran Lobopodian Reveals Long-Term Survival of a Cambrian Morphotype

(2012) Joachim T. Haug et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Complex brain and optic lobes in an early Cambrian arthropod

(2012) Xiaoya Ma et al.   NATURE

Mechanism for Burgess Shale-type preservation

(2012) R. R. Gaines et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A rare onychophoran-like lobopodian from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte, southwestern China, and its phylogenetic implications

(2011) Qiang Ou et al.   JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY

An armoured Cambrian lobopodian from China with arthropod-like appendages

(2011) Jianni Liu et al.   NATURE

Palaeontology: Decay distorts ancestry

(2010) Derek E. G. Briggs   NATURE

Non-random decay of chordate characters causes bias in fossil interpretation

(2010) Robert S. Sansom et al.   NATURE

Decay of vertebrate characters in hagfish and lamprey (Cyclostomata) and the implications for the vertebrate fossil record

(2010) R. S. Sansom et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Morphology of Luolishania longicruris (Lower Cambrian, Chengjiang Lagerstätte, SW China) and the phylogenetic relationships within lobopodians

(2009) Xiaoya Ma et al.   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

Distinguishing heat from light in debate over controversial fossils

(2009) Philip C. J. Donoghue et al.   BIOESSAYS