Dispersal and vicariant patterns have been used as opposite concepts to explain
biogeographical histories of organisms. Vicariance has been preferred to dispersal: the …

One of the most striking biodiversity patterns is the uneven distribution of marine species
richness, with species diversity in the Indo-Australian Archipelago (IAA) exceeding all other …

The record of articulated marine fish fossils during the latest Cretaceous and earliest
Cenozoic is sparse. The oldest-known definitive squirrelfishes and soldierfishes, like the first …

Squirrelfishes and soldierfishes (Holocentridae) are among the most conspicuous species in
the nocturnal reef fish community. However, there is no clear consensus regarding their …

Four new species of acanthomorph fishes are described, and three are named, from the
Agoult locality of Morocco, which samples early Late Cretaceous marine deposits of the …

Dercetid fishes are common in Tethyan marine deposits of Europe, Asia and Africa. In this
paper, we describe a South American dercetid fish, Brazilodercetis longirostris gen. et sp …

In Brazil, albuloid fishes have only been found in the Cretaceous of Chapada do Araripe,
Northeastern Brazil, particularly in the Romualdo Member, Santana Formation. In this paper …

An Eocene holocentrid fish is described herein from the southern sector of Monte Baldo, NE
Italy. Although the fossil lacks the posterior portion of the body and the dense scale covering …

Aim To analyse the worldwide distribution patterns of Turonian marine biotas using a
panbiogeographical approach. Location Turonian localities of southern and north‐eastern …

For the first time, ichthyoliths are described from the Santos sedimentary basin, offshore
southern Brazil. Isolated teeth, dermal scales and the first documented otoliths from …