Two new species of Dunkleosteus Lehman, 1956, from the Ohio Shale Formation (USA, Famennian) and the Kettle Point Formation (Canada, Upper Devonian), and …

RK Carr, WJ Hlavin - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2010‏ - academic.oup.com
Two pachyosteomorph arthrodires are described from the Upper Devonian of North
America, Dunkleosteus raveri sp. nov. and Dunkleosteus amblyodoratus sp. nov.(from the …

Devonian macrovertebrate assemblages and biogeography of East Gondwana (Australasia, Antarctica)

GC Young, CJ Burrow, JA Long, S Turner, B Choo - Palaeoworld, 2010‏ - Elsevier
The biogeographic significance of Devonian macrovertebrate assemblages from East
Gondwana is reviewed, with updates incorporating recent discoveries including new …

Early bursts of disparity and the reorganization of character integration

PJ Wagner - Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2018‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
'Early bursts' of morphological disparity (ie diversity of anatomical types) are common in the
fossil record. We typically model such bursts as elevated early rates of independent …

Biomechanics, functional patterns, and disparity in Late Devonian arthrodires

PSL Anderson - Paleobiology, 2009‏ - cambridge.org
Studies of ecological structure and diversity over time in extinct groups have always been
challenged by the inability to observe the behavior of fossil taxa directly. The only available …

The phyllolepid placoderm Cowralepis mclachlani: Insights into the evolution of feeding mechanisms in jawed vertebrates

RK Carr, Z Johanson, A Ritchie - Journal of Morphology, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
Remarkably preserved specimens of Cowralepis mclachlani Ritchie, 2005 (Proc Linn Soc
NSW 126: 215–259)(Phyllolepida, Placodermi) represent a unique ontogenetic sequence …

Revision of the genus Kujdanowiaspis Stensiö, 1942 (Placodermi, Arthrodira,“Actinolepida”) from the Lower Devonian of Podolia (Ukraine)

V Dupret - Geodiversitas, 2010‏ - BioOne
The genus Kujdanowiaspis has long been considered as the archetype of placoderms;
hence, it has been often used as outgroup in phylogenetic analyses involving placoderms …

The earliest phyllolepid (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Late Lochkovian (Early Devonian) of Yunnan (South China)

V Dupret, M Zhu - Geological Magazine, 2008‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Gavinaspis convergens, a new genus and species of the Phyllolepida (Placodermi:
Arthrodira), is described on the basis of skull remains from the Late Lochkovian (**tun …

Trait-based diversification shifts reflect differential extinction among fossil taxa

PJ Wagner, GF Estabrook - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2014‏ - pnas.org
Evolution provides many cases of apparent shifts in diversification associated with particular
anatomical traits. Three general models connect these patterns to anatomical evolution:(i) …

Shape variation between arthrodire morphotypes indicates possible feeding niches

PSL Anderson - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008‏ - Taylor & Francis
Examining morphological patterns is key to understanding mechanics and function in
biological systems. In extinct taxa, there is a lack of observational or behavioral data to use …