Onychophoran‐like myoanatomy of the Cambrian gilled lobopodian Pambdelurion whittingtoni

• Published in: Palaeontology
• Main Authors: Young, Fletcher J., Vinther, Jakob
• Other Authors: Zhang, Xi‐Guang, Carlsbergfondet, Agouron Institute, University of Western Australia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Greenland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pala.12269; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fpala.12269; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/pala.12269

Abstract Arthropods are characterized by a rigid, articulating, exoskeleton operated by a lever‐like system of segmentally arranged, antagonistic muscles. This skeletomuscular system evolved from an unsegmented body wall musculature acting on a hydrostatic skeleton, similar to that of the arthropods...