Response to comment on “Exceptional preservation of organs in Devonian placoderms from the Gogo largerstätte”-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Response to comment on “Exceptional preservation of organs in Devonian placoderms from the Gogo largerstätte”

Published:2023-05-12 Issue:6645 Volume:380 Page:
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
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Author:

Trinajstic Kate¹²^ORCID,Long John³⁴^ORCID,Sanchez Sophie⁵⁶^ORCID,Boisvert Catherine A.¹^ORCID,Snitting Daniel⁵^ORCID,Tafforeau Paul⁶^ORCID,Dupret Vincent⁵^ORCID,Clement Alice M.³^ORCID,Currie Peter D.⁷^ORCID,Roelofs Brett¹^ORCID,Bevitt Joseph J.⁸^ORCID,Lee Michael S.Y.³⁹,Ahlberg Per E.⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, 6102, WA, Australia.

2. Western Australian Museum, 49 Kew Street, Welshpool, 6106, Western Australia, Australia.

3. College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia, Australia.

4. Museum Victoria, PO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3001.

5. Department of Organismal Biology, Evolutionary Biology Center, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, 75236 Uppsala, Sweden.

6. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France.

7. Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute and EMBL Australia Building, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Victoria, Australia.

8. Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, 2234, New South Wales, Australia.

9. Earth Sciences Section, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 5000, South Australia.

Abstract

Jensen et al . ( 1 ) question evidence presented of a chambered heart within placoderms, citing its small size and apparently ventral atrium. However, they fail to note the belly-up orientation of the placoderm within one nodule, and the variability of heart morphology within extant taxa. Thus, we remain confident in our interpretation of the mineralized organ as the heart.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

Link

https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.adg3748

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