Outputs (3)

Evolution: Velvet worm biogeography (2016)
Journal Article
Smith, M. (2016). Evolution: Velvet worm biogeography. Current Biology, 26(19), R882-R884. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.067

The present-day distribution of velvet worms corresponds neatly to the ancient supercontinent Gondwana — except for a puzzling outpost in southeast Asia. Jaw-dropping new fossil material now establishes when and how peripatid onychophorans reached th... Read More about Evolution: Velvet worm biogeography.

Onychophoran-like musculature in a phosphatized Cambrian lobopodian (2016)
Journal Article
Zhang, X., Smith, M., Yang, J., & Hou, J. (2016). Onychophoran-like musculature in a phosphatized Cambrian lobopodian. Biology Letters, 12(9), Article 20160492. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0492

The restricted, exclusively terrestrial distribution of modern Onychophora contrasts strikingly with the rich diversity of onychophoran-like fossils preserved in marine Cambrian Lagerstätten. The transition from these early forebears to the modern on... Read More about Onychophoran-like musculature in a phosphatized Cambrian lobopodian.

Cord-forming Palaeozoic fungi in terrestrial assemblages (2016)
Journal Article
Smith, M. (2016). Cord-forming Palaeozoic fungi in terrestrial assemblages. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 180(4), 452-460. https://doi.org/10.1111/boj.12389

The fossil record paints a thin picture of early terrestrial life. Useful diagnostic features are rare in the organic-walled fossils of the first land colonizers, and at first glance the Silurian–Devonian Tortotubus protuberans seems no exception. No... Read More about Cord-forming Palaeozoic fungi in terrestrial assemblages.