A new origin of the ‘modern’ lungfish dentition revealed by taxonomic overlap between Devonian and Carboniferous dipnoans [PDF]
PeerJLungfishes (Dipnoi, Sarcopterygii) initially radiated in the Early Devonian, and reached the apogee of their diversity during this period, especially with regard to their dentitions.
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A single-cell atlas of West African lungfish respiratory system reveals evolutionary adaptations to terrestrialization [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 The six species of lungfish possess both lungs and gills and are the closest extant relatives of tetrapods. Here, we report a single-cell transcriptome atlas of the West African lungfish (Protopterus annectens).
Ruihua Zhang +23 more
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Lungfish Axial Muscle Function and the Vertebrate Water to Land Transition
PLoS ONE, 2014 The role of axial form and function during the vertebrate water to land transition is poorly understood, in part because patterns of axial movement lack morphological correlates.
Angela M Horner, Bruce C. Jayne
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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 ...
Per E. Ahlberg, Alice M. Clement
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Diversity, 2023 Australia has an excellent fossil record of lungfish that begins in the Devonian and includes many species in Tertiary and Quaternary deposits. The extant Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, occurs in Pliocene deposits, but is now restricted to a
Anne Kemp
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An Exceptionally Preserved Transitional Lungfish From the Lower Permian of Nebraska, USA, and the Origin of Modern Lungfishes [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Complete, exceptionally-preserved skulls of the Permian lungfish Persephonichthys chthonica gen. et sp. nov. are described. Persephonichthys chthonica is unique among post-Devonian lungfishes in preserving portions of the neurocranium, permitting ...
Jason D. Pardo, Adam K. Huttenlocker
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The rapid evolution of lungfish durophagy
Nature Communications, 2022 It is unclear how Lungfishes evolved durophagy, the consumption of hard prey, despite being the longest lineage of vertebrates with this feeding mechanism. Here, the authors describe exceptionally preserved fossils of Youngolepis from the Early Devonian,
Xindong Cui +4 more
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A new lungfish (Ceratodontoidei, Dipnoi) from the Early Jurassic of Chongqing, China [PDF]
Scientific ReportsDipnoi (lungfishes) are a group of air-breathing sarcopterygian fishes that survived over hundreds of millions of years and their crown members (Neoceratodus, Lepidosiren and Protopterus) are among the closest living relatives of the tetrapods. After the
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Comparison of diverse mandibular mechanics during biting in Devonian lungfishes [PDF]
iScienceSummary: Fossil lungfish from the Late Devonian Gogo Formation, Australia, feature some of the most remarkable and specialized mandible morphologies in their 415-million-year history.
Joshua Bland +7 more
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A detailed 3D MRI brain atlas of the African lungfish Protopterus annectens [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe study of the brain by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in evolutionary analyses is still in its incipient stage, however, it is particularly useful as it allows us to analyze detailed anatomical images and compare brains of rare or otherwise ...
Daniel Lozano +4 more
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