Palaeos:		Vertebrata
The Vertebrates		References

Vertebrata References

Chordata
|
Craniata
|--Myllokunmingia
`--+--Myxinoidea
   `--Vertebrata
      |--Jamoytiiformes
      |--Hyperoartia (= Petromyzontiformes)
      `--+--Conodonta
         `--+--Anaspida
            `--+--Pteraspidomorphi
               `--+==Thelodonti
                  `--+==Cephalaspidomorphi
                     `--Gnathostomata

References

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Systematics - Update,

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Craniata., Vertebrata

Chen, J-Y, D-Y Huang & C-W Li (1999), An early Cambrian craniate-like chordate, Nature 402: 518-522.
Vertebrata.

Delabre, Christiane et al. (2002). "Complete Mitochondrial DNA of the Hagfish, Eptatretus burgeri: The Comparative Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA Sequences Strongly Supports the Cyclostome Monophyly". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 22 (2): 184-192
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Donoghue, PCJ, PL Forey & RJ Aldridge (2000), Conodont affinity and chordate phylogeny. Biol. Rev. 75: 191-251.
Systematics, Vertebrata.

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Jamoytiiformes - Overview.

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Priscomyzon

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Systematics - Update,

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Systematics, Jamoytiiformes - Overview.

Janvier, Philippe. 1997. Hyperoartia. Lampreys. Version 01 January 1997 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Hyperoartia/14831/1997.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
Mayomyzon, Pipiscius, Petromyzontidae.

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Craniata, Hyperoartia.

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Haikouichthys.

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Systematics - Update,

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Systematics - Update,

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Systematics - Update,

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Kuraku, Shigehiro, Ota, Kinya G., & Kuratani, Shigeru, S. Blair (2009b). "Jawless fishes (Cyclostomata)". In S.B. Hedges & S. Kumar. Timetree of Life. oxford University Press. pp. 317-319. ISBN 978-0-19-953503-3.
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Sansom, R. S., Freedman, K., Gabbott, S. G., Aldridge, R. A. and Purnell, M. A. 2010a. Taphonomy and affinity of an enigmatic Silurian vertebrate Jamoytius kerwoodi White. Palaeontology 53: 1393-1409.
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Jamoytiiformes - Overview.

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Haikouichthys, Zhongjianichthys

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Craniata, Vertebrata, Hyperoartia.

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Haikouichthys.

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Jamoytiiformes - Overview.

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Systematics.

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Craniata.