New insight into the soft anatomy and shell microstructures of early Cambrian orthothecids (Hyolitha).

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Hyoliths (hyolithids and orthothecids) were one of the most successful early biomineralizing lophotrochozoans and were a key component of the Cambrian evolutionary fauna. However, the morphology, skeletogenesis and anatomy of earliest members of this enigmatic clade, as well as its relationship with other lophotrochozoan phyla remain contentious. Here, we present a new orthothecid, Longxiantheca mira gen. et sp....

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