Endocast and Bony Labyrinth of a Devonian “Placoderm” Challenges Stem Gnathostome Phylogeny

Marginal dentition and multiple dermal jawbones as the ancestral condition of jawed vertebrates

(2020) Valéria Vaškaninová et al.   SCIENCE

Endocranial morphology of the petalichthyid placoderm Ellopetalichthys scheii from the Middle Devonian of Arctic Canada, with remarks on the inner ear and neck joint morphology of placoderms

(2020) Marco Castiello et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES

Reappraisal of the Silurian placoderm Silurolepis and insights into the dermal neck joint evolution

(2019) You-an Zhu et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Neurocranial anatomy of the petalichthyid placoderm Shearsbyaspis oepiki Young revealed by X-ray computed microtomography

(2018) Marco Castiello et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Neurocranial anatomy of an enigmatic Early Devonian fish sheds light on early osteichthyan evolution

(2018) Alice M Clement et al.   eLife

Redescription of Phymolepis  cuifengshanensis (Antiarcha: Yunnanolepididae) using high-resolution computed tomography and new insights into anatomical details of the endocranium in antiarchs

(2018) Yajing Wang et al.   PeerJ

New information on Brindabellaspis stensioi Young, 1980, highlights morphological disparity in Early Devonian placoderms

(2018) Benedict King et al.   Royal Society Open Science

A symmoriiform chondrichthyan braincase and the origin of chimaeroid fishes

(2017) Michael I. Coates et al.   NATURE

A new stem sarcopterygian illuminates patterns of character evolution in early bony fishes

(2017) Jing Lu et al.   Nature Communications

The internal cranial anatomy of Romundina stellina Ørvig, 1975 (Vertebrata, Placodermi, Acanthothoraci) and the origin of jawed vertebrates—Anatomical atlas of a primitive gnathostome

(2017) Vincent Dupret et al.   PLoS One

A Silurian maxillate placoderm illuminates jaw evolution

(2016) Min Zhu et al.   SCIENCE

Early Gnathostome Phylogeny Revisited: Multiple Method Consensus

(2016) Tuo Qiao et al.   PLoS One

The origin and early phylogenetic history of jawed vertebrates

(2015) Martin D. Brazeau et al.   NATURE

Osteichthyan-like cranial conditions in an Early Devonian stem gnathostome

(2015) Sam Giles et al.   NATURE

Redescription ofYinostius major(Arthrodira: Heterostiidae) from the Lower Devonian of China, and the interrelationships of Brachythoraci

(2015) You-An Zhu et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Virtual reconstruction of endocast anatomy in early ray-finned fishes (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii)

(2014) Sam Giles et al.   JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY

A primitive placoderm sheds light on the origin of the jawed vertebrate face

(2014) Vincent Dupret et al.   NATURE

Copulation in antiarch placoderms and the origin of gnathostome internal fertilization

(2014) John A. Long et al.   NATURE

A Silurian placoderm with osteichthyan-like marginal jaw bones

(2013) Min Zhu et al.   NATURE

Development of teeth and jaws in the earliest jawed vertebrates

(2012) Martin Rücklin et al.   NATURE

Acanthodes and shark-like conditions in the last common ancestor of modern gnathostomes

(2012) Samuel P. Davis et al.   NATURE

Fossil jawless fish from China foreshadows early jawed vertebrate anatomy

(2011) Zhikun Gai et al.   NATURE

Placoderms (Armored Fish): Dominant Vertebrates of the Devonian Period

(2010) Gavin C. Young   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

The braincase and jaws of a Devonian ‘acanthodian’ and modern gnathostome origins

(2009) Martin D. Brazeau   NATURE

The oldest articulated osteichthyan reveals mosaic gnathostome characters

(2009) Min Zhu et al.   NATURE