Meanings
nouneubrachythoracid (plural eubrachythoracids)
plural eubrachythoracids
- Any arthrodire of the clade Eubrachythoraci
The presence of embryos in the arthrodire Incisoscutum indicate that internal fertilization was the main reproductive mode for this species, and that viviparity could have evolved in other eubrachythoracid arthrodires.
2009 February 26, John A. Long et al., “Devonian arthrodire embryos and the origin of internal fertilization in vertebrates”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7233, →DOI, pages 1124–1127
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