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SUMMARY:Fuxianhuiids and their exceptional contribution to the early evolu
 tion of Cambrian euarthropods - Javier Ortega Hernandez (Dept of Zoology\,
  Cambridge)
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DTEND:20180508T130000Z
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CONTACT:Stephen Montgomery
DESCRIPTION:The fuxianhuiids are a modestly diverse (ca. 8 species) but we
 ll-defined clade of extinct soft-bodied euarthropods that are known from e
 arly Cambrian marine deposits in South China. They are widely regarded as 
 distant relatives of the major extant groups - namely arachnids\, myriapod
 s\, crustaceans and insects - and their fossils have provided unique infor
 mation on their external and internal morphology. Fuxianhuiids have contri
 buted towards a better understanding of the early evolutionary radiation o
 f the most successful animal phylum in the history of life on Earth\, and 
 led to a detailed reconstruction of the origin of the euarthropod body pla
 n. This talk will provide an overview of the exceptionally preserved exter
 nal and internal morphology of fuxianhuiids\, as well as their ecology\, o
 ntogeny\, and overall importance as one of the most comprehensively studie
 d groups of Cambrian euarthropods. 
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology \, Downing Street
 \, CB2 3EJ
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