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F1000Research, 2014 Chondrichthyan fishes are a diverse class of gnathostomes that provide a valuable perspective on fundamental characteristics shared by all jawed and limbed vertebrates.
Jennifer Wyffels +5 more
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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Oropharyngeal food processing exhibits a remarkable diversity among vertebrates, reflecting the evolution of specialised ‘processing centres’ associated with the mandibular, hyoid, and branchial arches. Although studies have detailed various food‐processing strategies and mechanisms across vertebrates, a coherent and comprehensive terminology ...
Daniel Schwarz +6 more
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Fish Scales: A Multifunctional Biomaterial from Nature
ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.Fish scales demonstrate nature's solution to impact protection through overlapping multilayered architecture. This biological design combines mineralized surfaces with collagen networks to achieve both flexibility and fracture resistance. The structural principles inspire advanced protective materials and biomedical implants, where damage tolerance ...
Liyao Dong, Xiaojie Sun, Xiguang Chen
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Bony fish genomes: Status and gaps
Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Bony fish constitute an exceptionally species‐rich group of aquatic vertebrates, comprising more than 95% of all living fish. The adaptive processes on the diversity of environments they inhabit make them a highly diverse group from taxonomic, morphological and evolutionary standpoints.
Noelia Pérez‐Pereira +3 more
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Exceptional soft tissues preservation in a mummified frog-eating Eocene salamander [PDF]
, 2017 Fossils are almost always represented by hard tissues but we present here the exceptional case of a three-dimensionally preserved specimen that was ‘mummified’ (likely between 40 and 34 million years ago) in a terrestrial karstic environment.
Laurin, Michel +2 more
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Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.Pectoral fins of bichirs encompass the so‐called dental plates – unique dermal skeletal elements with individual odontodes identical to the oral teeth. Abstract The dermal skeleton appeared early in vertebrate evolution in the form of mineralized skin denticles composed of tooth‐like units—odontodes.
Tomáš Suchánek +2 more
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Development of the Pectoral Lobed Fin in the Australian Lungfish Neoceratodus forsteri
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 The evolutionary transition from paired fins to limbs involved the establishment of a set of limb muscles as an evolutionary novelty. In parallel, there was a change in the topography of the spinal nerves innervating appendicular muscles, so that ...
Tatsuya Hirasawa +6 more
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Transfer of type specimens of fossil fishes to the Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology with some notes on their history of research [PDF]
, 2013 Recent acquisitions to the Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology comprise part of the palaeontological collections of the former Heimatmuseum Bad Windsheim and the former Institute of Palaeontology and Geology at the University of ...
Moser, Markus
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On the type material of Lepidosiren paradoxa Fitzinger, 1837 (Sarcopterygii, Dipnoi)
Comptes Rendus. Biologies, 2010 Lepidosiren paradoxa , the first living dipnoan to be discovered, was first described from two specimens collected by Johann Natterer during his 18-year expedition in Brazil. Those specimens were first studied by Fitzinger and Bischoff, but few data are available to identify the syntypes of L.
Lúcio Paulo, Machado +2 more
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Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 12, Issue 2, March/April 2026.Abstract The fossil record of coelacanths (Actinistia) is diminished by several nominal gaps that obscure vital information pertaining to the clade's evolutionary history. Latimeriidae, the family that includes the extant coelacanth Latimeria, in addition to the Cenozoic, has an outstanding missing gap of 50 myr during the Mesozoic, with no records of ...
Jack L. Norton +4 more
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