Early evolution of vertebrate skeletal tissues and cellular interactions, and the canalization of skeletal development

PCJ Donoghue, IJ Sansom… - Journal of Experimental …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The stratigraphically earliest and the most primitive examples of vertebrate skeletal
mineralization belong to lineages that are entirely extinct. Therefore, palaeontology offers a …

Vertebrate dentitions at the origin of jaws: when and how pattern evolved

MM Smith - Evolution & development, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
New evidence shows that teeth evolved with a greater degree of independence from jaws
than previously considered. Pharyngeal denticles occur in jawless fish and also in early …

[BOK][B] Vertebrate palaeontology

MJ Benton - 2014 - books.google.com
Vertebrate palaeontology is a lively field, with new discoveries reported every week... and
not only dinosaurs! This new edition reflects the international scope of vertebrate …

Bayesian morphological clock methods resurrect placoderm monophyly and reveal rapid early evolution in jawed vertebrates

B King, T Qiao, MSY Lee, M Zhu, JA Long - Systematic Biology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The phylogeny of early gnathostomes provides an important framework for understanding
one of the most significant evolutionary events, the origin and diversification of jawed …

[BOK][B] Phylonyms: a companion to the PhyloCode

K de Queiroz, P Cantino, J Gauthier - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Phylonyms is an implementation of PhyloCode, which is a set of principles, rules, and
recommendations governing phylogenetic nomenclature. Nearly 300 clades-lineages of …

Placoderms (armored fish): dominant vertebrates of the Devonian period

GC Young - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Placoderms, the most diverse group of Devonian fishes, were globally distributed in all
habitable freshwater and marine environments, like teleost fishes in the modern fauna. Their …

Devonian climate change, breathing, and the origin of the tetrapod stem group

JA Clack - Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2007 - academic.oup.com
The diversification of the tetrapod stem group occurred during the late Middle through the
Late Devonian, that is from the Givetian to Famennian stages about 385–365 million years …

Dental lamina as source of odontogenic stem cells: evolutionary origins and developmental control of tooth generation in gnathostomes

MM Smith, GJ Fraser… - Journal of Experimental …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This study considers stem cells for odontogenic capability in biological tooth renewal in the
broad context of gnathostome dentitions and the derivation of them from oral epithelium. The …

The evolution of paired fins

MI Coates - Theory in Biosciences, 2003 - Springer
Summary The Archipterygium is Gegenbaur's most lasting contribution to the study of
vertebrate limb evolution. This transformational hypothesis of gill arches to limb girdles, rays …

The characters of Palaeozoic jawed vertebrates

MD Brazeau, M Friedman - Zoological journal of the Linnean …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Newly discovered fossils from the Silurian and Devonian periods are beginning to challenge
embedded perceptions about the origin and early diversification of jawed vertebrates …