Although often overlooked, the integument of many tetrapods is reinforced by a
morphologically and structurally diverse assemblage of skeletal elements. These elements …

The Gogo Formation of Western Australia preserves a unique Late Devonian (Frasnian) reef
fauna. The exceptional three-dimensional preservation of macrofossils combined with …

The evolutionary history of osteichthyans (bony fishes plus tetrapods) extends back to the
Ludlow epoch of the Silurian period. However, these Silurian forms have been documented …

The discovery of Entelognathus revealed the presence of maxilla, premaxilla, and dentary,
supposedly diagnostic osteichthyan bones, in a Silurian placoderm. However, the …

The Gobiiformes is one of the most diverse orders of the Percomorphs, with approximately
2000 species in 270 genera. They represent 5 to 10% of all teleosts, with species occurring …

The pharyngeal organ is located at the crossroad of the respiratory and digestive tracts in
vertebrate, and it is continuously challenged by varying Ags during breathing and feeding. In …

Major groups of jawed vertebrates exhibit contrasting conditions of dermal plates and
scales. But the transition between these conditions remains unclear due to rare information …

During the past three decades, early vertebrates from the mid-Paleozoic of China have
attracted extensive attention on account of their distinctive anatomical features, high …

Although numerous studies have examined morphological diversification during major
radiations of marine taxa, much less attention has been paid to terrestrial radiations. Here …

A series of recent studies recovered consistent phylogenetic scenarios of jawed vertebrates,
such as the paraphyly of placoderms with respect to crown gnathostomes, and antiarchs as …