“…These novel ideas have been subjected to thorough testing and the Olfactores hypothesis has received further support (Bourlat et al, 2006;Delsuc et al, 2006Delsuc et al, , 2008Dunn et al, 2008;Swalla and Smith, 2008). In contrast, the unorthodox assembly of cephalochordates and echinoderms, which initially raised suspicions about chordate monophyly (Delsuc et al, 2006), was not confirmed (Bourlat et al, 2006;Delsuc et al, 2008).…”