Palaeocampa anthrax, an armored freshwater lobopodian with chemical defenses from the Carboniferous

Abstract Lobopodians are an evolutionary grade of panarthropods characterized by their vermiform bodies and paired, unjointed lobopodous legs. A paraphyletic group, their study is of particular significance in understanding the evolution of extant panarthropods. Found exclusively in marine deposits...

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Main Authors: Richard J. Knecht, Christian R. A. McCall, Cheng-Chia Tsai, Richard A. Rabideau Childers, Nanfang Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08483-0
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