The ever‐increasing number of studies that address the origin and evolution of
Euarthropoda–whose extant representatives include chelicerates, myriapods, crustaceans …

Phylogenomics reconstructs an arthropod tree in which a monophyletic A rthropoda splits
into P ycnogonida+ E uchelicerata and M yriapoda+ P ancrustacea. The same chelicerate …

Euarthropoda is one of the best-preserved fossil animal groups and has been the most
diverse animal phylum for over 500 million years. Fossil Konservat-Lagerstätten, such as …

Abstract The Fezouata Biota (Morocco) is a unique Early Ordovician fossil assemblage. The
discovery of this biota revolutionized our understanding of Earth's early animal …

Implied weighting, a method for phylogenetic inference that actively seeks to downweight
supposed homoplasy, has in recent years begun to be widely utilized in palaeontological …

Arachnids are an important group of arthropods. They are: diverse and abundant; a major
constituent of many terrestrial ecosystems; and possess a deep and extensive fossil record …

Waptia fieldensis Walcott, 1912 is one of the iconic animals from the middle Cambrian
Burgess Shale biota that had lacked a formal description since its discovery at the beginning …

Pancrustaceans boast impressive diversity, abundance, and ecological impact in the
biosphere throughout the Phanerozoic [1]. Molecular clock estimates suggest an early …

The Cambrian fossil record of euarthropods (extant arachnids, myriapods, crustaceans,
hexapods) has played a major role in understanding the origins of these successful animals …

Euarthropods owe their evolutionary and ecological success to the morphological plasticity
of their appendages. Although this variability is partly expressed in the specialization of the …