Best practices for digitally constructing endocranial casts: examples from birds and their dinosaurian relatives
The rapidly expanding interest in, and availability of, digital tomography data to visualize
casts of the vertebrate endocranial cavity housing the brain (endocasts) presents new …
casts of the vertebrate endocranial cavity housing the brain (endocasts) presents new …
Architectural and ultrastructural features of tessellated calcified cartilage in modern and extinct chondrichthyan fishes
Tessellated calcified cartilage (TCC) is a distinctive kind of biomineralized perichondral
tissue found in many modern and extinct chondrichthyans (sharks, rays, chimaeroids and …
tissue found in many modern and extinct chondrichthyans (sharks, rays, chimaeroids and …
Bayesian morphological clock methods resurrect placoderm monophyly and reveal rapid early evolution in jawed vertebrates
The phylogeny of early gnathostomes provides an important framework for understanding
one of the most significant evolutionary events, the origin and diversification of jawed …
one of the most significant evolutionary events, the origin and diversification of jawed …
An early chondrichthyan and the evolutionary assembly of a shark body plan
Although relationships among the major groups of living gnathostomes are well established,
the relatedness of early jawed vertebrates to modern clades is intensely debated. Here, we …
the relatedness of early jawed vertebrates to modern clades is intensely debated. Here, we …
What is an 'elasmobranch'? The impact of palaeontology in understanding elasmobranch phylogeny and evolution
JG Maisey - Journal of Fish Biology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The Subclass Elasmobranchii is widely considered nowadays to be the sister group of the
Subclass Holocephali, although chimaeroid fishes were originally classified as …
Subclass Holocephali, although chimaeroid fishes were originally classified as …
A symmoriiform from the Late Devonian of Morocco demonstrates a derived jaw function in ancient chondrichthyans
The Palaeozoic record of chondrichthyans (sharks, rays, chimaeras, extinct relatives) and
thus our knowledge of their anatomy and functional morphology is poor because of their …
thus our knowledge of their anatomy and functional morphology is poor because of their …
The characters of Palaeozoic jawed vertebrates
Newly discovered fossils from the Silurian and Devonian periods are beginning to challenge
embedded perceptions about the origin and early diversification of jawed vertebrates …
embedded perceptions about the origin and early diversification of jawed vertebrates …
A symmoriiform chondrichthyan braincase and the origin of chimaeroid fishes
Chimaeroid fishes (Holocephali) are one of the four principal divisions of modern
gnathostomes (jawed vertebrates). Despite only 47 described living species, chimaeroids …
gnathostomes (jawed vertebrates). Despite only 47 described living species, chimaeroids …
Evidence for high-performance suction feeding in the Pennsylvanian stem-group holocephalan Iniopera
The Carboniferous (358.9 to 298.9 Ma) saw the emergence of marine ecosystems
dominated by modern vertebrate groups, including abundant stem-group holocephalans …
dominated by modern vertebrate groups, including abundant stem-group holocephalans …
The early elasmobranch Phoebodus: phylogenetic relationships, ecomorphology and a new time-scale for shark evolution
L Frey, M Coates, M Ginter… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Anatomical knowledge of early chondrichthyans and estimates of their phylogeny are
improving, but many taxa are still known only from microremains. The nearly cosmopolitan …
improving, but many taxa are still known only from microremains. The nearly cosmopolitan …