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The 11 pages that link to Pikaia, each with the reason it gives.

• Burgess ShaleBroader topic: It connects the deposit’s diverse fauna to the early history of chordates.

• NotochordBroader topic: Its fossil anatomy is used to discuss the early history of chordate axial structures.

• ChordateBroader topic: Its fossils preserve features used to investigate early chordate evolution.

• OstracodermCompared with: It illustrates an early chordate body plan without the extensive armor of ostracoderms.

• Stem groupBroader topic: It offers evidence about the early evolutionary history of the chordate lineage.

• HaikouichthysCompared with: Pikaia offers a prominent Cambrian chordate comparison outside China.

• Vertebrate evolutionCompared with: It helps distinguish early chordate relatives from animals classified as vertebrates.

• DeuterostomeBroader topic: Its fossils are among the classic early records used to discuss chordate history.

• Early vertebrateCompared with: It helps distinguish early vertebrate evidence from older or more primitive chordate anatomy.

• LanceletRelated: Its fossils preserve a body plan compared with that of lancelets.

• Evolution of molluscsCompared with: It represents a different animal lineage flourishing alongside early molluscan diversification.