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Head Sclerites

Head Sclerites is a morphological construct in arthropod anatomy that denotes the rigid, chitinous exoskeletal plates comprising the head capsule, distinguished by their embryonic origin, articulation patterns, and taxonomic significance in defining cephalic segmentation and structural homology across species.

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Phylogenetic relevance of the genital sclerites of Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola)

Ulrike Aspöck, Horst Aspöck · Systematic Entomology · 2008 · 289 citations

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<i>Anomalocaris</i>and other large animals in the lower Cambrian Chengjiang fauna of southwest China

Xianguang Hou, Jan Bergström, Per Ahlberg · GFF · 1995 · 123 citations

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Head Segmentation in Early Cambrian <i>Fuxianhuia</i> : Implications for Arthropod Evolution

Junyuan Chen, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Lars Ramsköld · Science · 1995 · 84 citations

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Homology of Head Sclerites in Burgess Shale Euarthropods

Javier Ortega‐Hernández · Current Biology · 2015 · 84 citations · Full text

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Facts and theories concerning the insect head

R. E. Snodgrass · Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) · 1960 · 82 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. RG
    Rolf G. Beutel

    Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

    4 publications · 106 citations

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  2. GA
    Glenn A. Brock

    Macquarie University, Australia

    3 publications · 122 citations

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  3. GC
    G. C. Crampton

    Amherst College, United States

    3 publications · 96 citations

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  4. AP
    Andrew P. Shinn

    University of Stirling, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 82 citations

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  5. XH
    Xianguang Hou

    Yunnan University, China

    2 publications · 141 citations

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  1. Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology

    Nanjing, China

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    517 citations

  2. Friedrich Schiller University Jena

    Jena, Germany

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    161 citations

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    226 citations

  4. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    330 citations

  5. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart

    Stuttgart, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    23 citations

  6. State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics

    Xi'an, China

    2 h-index

    9 publications

    372 citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    33 citations

  8. University of Bergen

    Bergen, Norway

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

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  1. Annals of the Entomological Society of America

    8 publications · 288 citations

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  2. Journal of Parasitology

    4 publications · 59 citations

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  3. Zootaxa

    3 publications · 45 citations

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  4. Palaeontology

    3 publications · 98 citations

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  5. Systematic Parasitology

    2 publications · 52 citations

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