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A primitive actinopterygian braincase from the Tournaisian of Nova Scotia [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2018
The vertebrate fossil record of the earliest Carboniferous is notoriously poorly sampled, obscuring a critical interval in vertebrate evolution and diversity.
Conrad D. Wilson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A giant dapediid from the Late Triassic of Switzerland and insights into neopterygian phylogeny [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2018
A new Triassic neopterygian is described on the basis of a large three-dimensional neurocranium from the Rhaetian (Late Triassic) of the Kössen Formation (Schesaplana, Grisons, Switzerland).
Ashley E. Latimer, Sam Giles
doaj   +1 more source

Differences in the trophic ecology of micronekton driven by diel vertical migration. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Many species of micronekton perform diel vertical migrations (DVMs), which ultimately contributes to carbon export to the deep sea. However, not all micronekton species perform DVM, and the nonmigrators, which are often understudied, have different ...
Angel M. V.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

The Fossil Record of Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii) in Greece

open access: yesFossil Vertebrates of Greece Vol. 1, 2021
The nowadays hyper-diverse clade of Actinopterygii (ray-finned bony fishes) is characterized by a long evolutionary history and an extremely rich global fossil record.
Thodoris Argyriou
semanticscholar   +1 more source

New Genus of the Actinopterygian Fishes (Eurynotoidiidae) from the Urzhumian of Republic of Tatarstan (Kluchevskoy Ovrag locality) [PDF]

open access: yesИзвестия Саратовского университета. Новая серия: Серия Науки о Земле
New genus and species of eurynotoidiid actinopterygians (Eurynotoidiformes), Kluchevichthys praeclarus gen. et sp. nov., is described from the uppermost Urzhumian (Kluchevskoy Ovrag locality), Tetushi District, Republic of Tatarstan.
Minikh, Alla Vasilievna   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A reappraisal of the Italian record of the Cretaceous pachycormid fish Protosphyraena Leidy, 1857 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The genus Protosphyraena is known mainly from partial remains, consisting of isolated blade-like teeth, conical rostra and scythe-like pectoral fins. This paper provides a new insight into partial specimens of the genus Protosphyraena from the Cretaceous
Amalfitano, Jacopo   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

The most complete amiid fish from the Coal Creek Member of the Eocene Kishenehn Formation in northwestern Montana

open access: yesActa Palaeontologica Polonica, 2022
The larger-bodied fish fauna of the Kishenehn Formation’s Coal Creek Member (Eocene, 43.5 Ma), northwestern Montana, is understudied because of a sampling bias towards small specimens. Small specimens (
JACOB D. GARDNER, MARK V.H. WILSON
doaj   +1 more source

A new specimen of Birgeria liui (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii) from the Longobardian (Ladinian, Middle Triassic) of Xingyi, Guizhou Province, South China [PDF]

open access: yesResearch & Knowledge, 2017
Birgeria was one of the largest carnivorous ishes from the Triassic, spanning almost the entire period and, with an almost cosmopolitan distribution. Birgeria liui was originally described based on the incomplete holotype from the Middle Triassic marine ...
Ni Peigang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bilateral Asymmetry in Asterisci Otoliths of Cyprinion kais and C. macrostomum (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae) collected from Tigris River, Şirnak Region, Türkiye

open access: yesZoodiversity, 2023
Otolith traits such as size and mass were investigated in 60 fish specimens of C. kais and C. macrostomum collected from the Tigris River, Şırnak region, Türkiye collected from September 2015 to December 2015.
L. A. Jawad   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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