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The authors use decay experiments with shrimp to show that arthropod setae do not exhibit signs of degradation, even after separation from the body. They suggest that fossil setae may be valid taxonomic indicators and that differences in setal numbers can be used to distinguish radiodont taxa.

Hi David,

You can consider submitting to OPal if you want alternative publishing formats, preprinting, or open peer reviews.

Our formats are designed to present research at all steps of the scientific process.

We also welcome negative results or videos.

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We aim to achieve flexibility in publishing by adopting a versatile step-wise approach with our different formats “Hypotheticals”, “Research Protocols”, and “Research Articles”.

Publishing is supported by the Shared Open Access Publishing Platform (SOAP2), which ensures indexing and archiving.