ABSTRACT The Waterloo Farm lagerstätte in South Africa provides a uniquely well‐
preserved record of a Latest Devonian estuarine ecosystem. Ecological evidence from it is …

Dunkleosteus terrelli, an arthrodire placoderm, is one of the most widely recognized fossil
vertebrates due to its large size and status as one of the earliest vertebrate apex predators …

Background The size of Dunkleosteus and other late Devonian arthrodire placoderms has
been a persistent problem in paleontology. The bony head and thoracic armor of these …

Placoderms are an extinct group of early jawed vertebrates that play a key role in
understanding the evolution of the gnathostome body plan, including the origin of novelties …

Dunkleosteus is a widely-recognized prehistoric organism, yet its life appearance,
paleobiology, and even basic morphology remain poorly understood. A new reconstruction …

Acritarchs and prasinophytes have generally been considered as organic-walled
phytoplankton, and their distribution patterns play a significant role in palaeogeographical …

Until now, all known fossils of tetrapods (limbed vertebrates with digits) and near-tetrapods
(such as Elpistostege, Tiktaalik, and Panderichthys) from the Devonian period have come …

Jaws are a key vertebrate feature that arose early in our evolution. Placoderms are among
the first jawed vertebrates; their fossils yield essential knowledge about the early …

We describe the largest bony fish in the Late Devonian (late Famennian) fossil assemblage
from Waterloo Farm near Makhanda/Grahamstown, South Africa. It is a giant member of the …

Well-preserved specimens of a new species of arthrodiran placoderm, Groenlandaspis
howittensis sp. nov.(Middle Devonian of Victoria, Australia), reveals previously unknown …