title: Palaeontology: the new conservative.
abstract: Cambrian Orsten-type fossils have yielded specimens with a uniquely detailed morphology from the early stages of animal evolution. A newly discovered crustacean larva illustrates how morphology and lifestyle over half a billion years ago closely resembled those of extant relatives.
authors.affiliation: florian.maderspacher@current-biology.com
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maderspacher
mesh_terms: D010163:Paleontology