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Biology Open, 2022 Suction feeding in fishes is characterized by rapid cranial movements, but extant lungfishes (Sarcopterygii: Dipnoi) exhibit a reduced number and mobility of cranial bones relative to actinopterygian fishes. Despite fusion of cranial elements, lungfishes
Samantha M. Gartner +6 more
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Biological Reviews, Volume 98, Issue 1, Page 284-315, February 2023., 2023 ABSTRACT Actinopterygii makes up half of living vertebrate diversity, and study of fossil members during their Palaeozoic rise to dominance has a long history of descriptive work. Although research interest into Palaeozoic actinopterygians has increased in recent years, broader patterns of diversity and diversity dynamics remain critically understudied.
Struan Henderson +3 more
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Histology of juvenile skin of Lepidosiren paradoxa Fitzinger, 1837 (Sarcopterygii, Dipnoi) [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2019 : The skin of three juvenile Lepidosiren paradoxa specimens was examined. The epidermis was composed of a polystratified epithelium resting on a basement membrane, including mucus-secreting cells, and a cuticle of mucopolysaccharides on the surface.
LUIS ALBERTO ROMANO +3 more
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Integrative Zoology, Volume 17, Issue 5, Page 849-878, September 2022., 2022 Modern amphibiotic fishes use various walking techniques but are smaller in length than half a meter, whereas extinct tetrapodomorph fishes of Devonian ranged from 0.5 to 2.5 m. Could they walk out of water, and how did they walk if they could? This study argues that, in recent ichthyofauna, snakehead is most appropriate for modeling walking technique ...
Alexander N. KUZNETSOV
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New locality for Lepidosiren paradoxa Fitzinger, 1837 (Dipnoi: Lepidosirenidae) in Argentina [PDF]
Check List, 2017 In this study has document a new locality and thus a southern extension of the distribution of the lungfish Lepidosiren paradoxa to the coast of the Entre Rios Province in the lower Paraná River. This finding increases the range of L.
Evelyn Vallone
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Phylogeny and evolutionary history of the amniote egg
Journal of Morphology, Volume 282, Issue 7, Page 1080-1122, July 2021., 2021 We review morphological features of the amniote egg and embryos in a large comparative phylogenetic framework, including all major clades of extant vertebrates. We discuss 40 characters that are relevant for an analysis of the evolutionary history of the vertebrate egg. Special attention is given to the morphology of the cellular yolk sac, the eggshell,
J. Matthias Starck +2 more
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2014 As the closest living relatives of tetrapods, lungfishes are frequently used as extant models for exploring the fin-to-limb transition. These studies have generally given little consideration to fossil taxa.
Emma eJude +3 more
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Specimen-level phylogenetics in paleontology using the Fossilized Birth-Death model with sampled ancestors [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Bayesian phylogenetic methods integrating simultaneously morphological and stratigraphic information have been applied increasingly among paleontologists.
Andrea Cau
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 Excellent outcrops of the upper part of the “Continental Intercalaire” deposits occur in the Gara Samani area, southern Algeria. These strata are recognised herein as belonging to the Gara Samani Formation, which is composed of the Samani Vertebrate-rich
Madani Benyoucef +6 more
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The first virtual cranial endocast of a lungfish (sarcopterygii: dipnoi).
PLoS ONE, 2014 Lungfish, or dipnoans, have a history spanning over 400 million years and are the closest living sister taxon to the tetrapods. Most Devonian lungfish had heavily ossified endoskeletons, whereas most Mesozoic and Cenozoic lungfish had largely ...
Alice M Clement, Per E Ahlberg
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