Microbially mediated fossil concretions and their characterization by the latest methodologies: A review

NK Dhami, PF Greenwood, SF Poropat… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The study of well-preserved organic matter (OM) within mineral concretions has provided
key insights into depositional and environmental conditions in deep time. Concretions of …

[HTML][HTML] Reconstructing Dunkleosteus terrelli (Placodermi: Arthrodira): A new look for an iconic Devonian predator

RK Engelman - Palaeontologia Electronica, 2024 - palaeo-electronica.org
Dunkleosteus is a widely-recognized prehistoric organism, yet its life appearance,
paleobiology, and even basic morphology remain poorly understood. A new reconstruction …

The pharynx of the iconic stem-group chondrichthyan Acanthodes Agassiz, 1833 revisited with micro-computed tomography

RP Dearden, A Herrel, A Pradel - Zoological Journal of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Acanthodes has long been the primary source of information on the pharyngeal skeleton of
'acanthodians'. Because of this its anatomy has played a disproportionate role in attempts to …

New chondrichthyan remains from the Devonian of Brazil and their implication for Devonian vertebrate distribution

SM Scheffler, RT Figueroa, R Videira-Santos… - Historical …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The mysterious scarcity of 'fish'in an extensive epicontinental sea has always intrigued
countless researchers who worked with the South American Devonian, especially in the …

A new operculate symmoriiform chondrichthyan from the Late Mississippian Fayetteville Shale (Arkansas, United States)

AW Bronson, A Pradel, JSS Denton, JG Maisey - Geodiversitas, 2024 - BioOne
We describe a new genus of symmoriiform chondrichthyan from the Late Mississippian
Fayetteville Shale of Arkansas, USA and include this fossil in a phylogenetic analysis of …

The earliest evidence of deep-sea vertebrates

A Baucon, A Ferretti, C Fioroni… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Vertebrate macroevolution has been punctuated by fundamental habitat transitions from
shallow marine origins to terrestrial, freshwater, and aerial environments. Invasion of the …

[PDF][PDF] Extreme lower jaw elongation in an alien-looking placoderm from Morocco

F St Guénolé Penmarch - researchgate.net
Placoderms are an equally diverse and enigmatic group of Devonian vertebrates, which
gained fame for the fierce looking apex predator Dunkleosteus (Lehman 1956; Anderson & …