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

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

(2018) Marco Castiello et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Early members of ‘living fossil’ lineage imply later origin of modern ray-finned fishes

(2017) Sam Giles et al.   NATURE

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

(2017) Jing Lu et al.   Nature Communications

A new osteichthyan from the late Silurian of Yunnan, China

(2017) Brian Choo et al.   PLoS One

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

New findings in a 400 million-year-old Devonian placoderm shed light on jaw structure and function in basal gnathostomes

(2017) Yuzhi Hu et al.   Scientific Reports

TNT version 1.5, including a full implementation of phylogenetic morphometrics

(2016) Pablo A. Goloboff et al.   CLADISTICS

Scales, Enamel, Cosmine, Ganoine, and Early Osteichthyans

(2016) Hans-Peter Schultze   COMPTES RENDUS PALEVOL

The Oldest Actinopterygian Highlights the Cryptic Early History of the Hyperdiverse Ray-Finned Fishes

(2016) Jing Lu et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Bony labyrinth morphology in early neopterygian fishes (Actinopterygii: Neopterygii)

(2016) Sam Giles et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

A Silurian maxillate placoderm illuminates jaw evolution

(2016) Min Zhu et al.   SCIENCE

Bayesian Morphological Clock Methods Resurrect Placoderm Monophyly and Reveal Rapid Early Evolution in Jawed Vertebrates

(2016) Benedict King et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

The cranial endocast ofDipnorhynchus sussmilchi(Sarcopterygii: Dipnoi) and the interrelationships of stem-group lungfishes

(2016) Alice M. Clement et al.   PeerJ

A Devonian predatory fish provides insights into the early evolution of modern sarcopterygians

(2016) J. Lu et al.   Science Advances

Early Gnathostome Phylogeny Revisited: Multiple Method Consensus

(2016) Tuo Qiao et al.   PLoS One

New genomic and fossil data illuminate the origin of enamel

(2015) Qingming Qu et al.   NATURE

Osteichthyan-like cranial conditions in an Early Devonian stem gnathostome

(2015) Sam Giles et al.   NATURE

Endoskeletal structure inCheirolepis(Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii), An early ray-finned fish

(2015) Sam Giles et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

The hyoid arch and braincase anatomy ofAcanthodessupport chondrichthyan affinity of ‘acanthodians’

(2015) Martin D. Brazeau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

An exceptionally preserved Late Devonian actinopterygian provides a new model for primitive cranial anatomy in ray-finned fishes

(2015) Sam Giles et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The endocranial anatomy of Gogonasus andrewsae Long, 1985 revealed through micro CT-scanning

(2014) Timothy Holland   Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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

(2014) Sam Giles et al.   JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY

Copulation in antiarch placoderms and the origin of gnathostome internal fertilization

(2014) John A. Long et al.   NATURE

The First Virtual Cranial Endocast of a Lungfish (Sarcopterygii: Dipnoi)

(2014) Alice M. Clement et al.   PLoS One

The largest Silurian vertebrate and its palaeoecological implications

(2014) Brian Choo et al.   Scientific Reports

A Silurian placoderm with osteichthyan-like marginal jaw bones

(2013) Min Zhu et al.   NATURE

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

(2012) Samuel P. Davis et al.   NATURE

MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

The earliest known stem-tetrapod from the Lower Devonian of China

(2012) Jing Lu et al.   Nature Communications

A reappraisal of the origin and basal radiation of the Osteichthyes

(2010) Matt Friedman † et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Palaeontology: Beyond the Age of Fishes

(2009) Michael I. Coates   NATURE

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

TNT, a free program for phylogenetic analysis

(2008) Pablo A. Goloboff et al.   CLADISTICS

The braincase anatomy ofLawrenciella schaefferi, actinopterygian from the Upper Carboniferous of Kansas (USA)

(2008) Marie-Hélène Hamel et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY