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doi:10.1038/nature13414
AprimitivefishfromtheCambrianofNorthAmerica
SimonConwayMorris1Jean-BernardCaron2,3
Knowledgeoftheearlyevolutionoffishlargelydependsonsoft-(ExtendedDataFig.4f).Incompletenessprecludesapreciseestimateof
bodiedmaterialfromtheLower(Series2)CambrianperiodofSouthsizerange,butthemostcompletespecimens(Fig.1a,b)areabout60mm
China1,2.Owingtotherarityofsomeoftheseformsandageneralinlengthand8–13mminheight.Laterallythebodyisfusiform,widest
lackofcomparativematerialfromotherdeposits,interpretationsofnearthemiddle,taperingtoafinepointposteriorly(Fig.1a,bandEx-
variousfeaturesremaincontroversial3,4,asdotheirwiderrelation-tendedDataFig.4a),whereasindorsalviewtheanteriorterminationis
shipsamongstpost-Cambrianearlyun-skeletonizedjawlessverte-rounded(Fig.1dandExtendedDataFig.4c–e).Theanimalwascom-
brates.Hereweredescribe5pressedlaterally,asisevidentfromoccasionalfoldingofthebodyaswell
Metasprigginaonthebasisofnewmaterial
fromtheBurgessShaleandexceptionallypreservedmaterialcollectedasspecimensindorso-ventralorientationbeingconspicuouslynarrower
nearMarbleCanyon,BritishColumbia6,andthreeotherCambrian(Fig.1aandExtendedDataFig.5a).Alongtheanteriorventralmargin
BurgessShale-typedepositsfromLaurentia.Thisprimitivefishdis-therewasakeel-likestructure(Fig.1b,g,i,k,l),butnofinshavebeen
playsunambiguousvertebratefeatures:anotochord,a
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