When studying the phylogeny of a certain group, we have to answer the following questions:
where are the members of this group located among related taxa, and how are these …

The Subclass Elasmobranchii is widely considered nowadays to be the sister group of the
Subclass Holocephali, although chimaeroid fishes were originally classified as …

Abstract The British Rhaetian (latest Triassic) is famous for its bone beds containing
abundant remains of fishes and reptiles. Most Rhaetian bone beds are assumed to have …

The Neoselachii are a monophyletic group including all of the extant sharks and rays. They
underwent rapid diversification throughout the Jurassic and Cretaceous, going from low …

Abstract The Australian Mesozoic fish fauna is considered to be depauperate in comparison
with fish faunas in the Northern Hemisphere. However, due to its geographical location as a …

Ichthyoliths, mainly shark teeth, from the Famennian of Iran and Northwest Africa are
described. Evolution of shallow-water chondrichthyan assemblages on the shelves of …

The chondrichthyan faunas from the D anish M aastrichtian chalk and the K/T boundary clay,
the F iskeler, are described for the first time. The rich and diverse fauna discovered in the …

Bulk-sampling of 22 phosphatic horizons from the Upper Cretaceous of northern France and
the UK has yielded very rich selachian faunas dominated by shark taxa. These samples …

Klug, S.(2009). Monophyly, phylogeny and systematic position of the† Synechodontiformes
(Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii).—Zoologica Scripta, 39, 37–49. Identifying the monophyly …

The Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous (164–100 Ma) represents one of the main transitional
periods in life history. Recent studies unveiled a complex scenario in which abiotic and …