Pelvic and reproductive structures in placoderms (stem gnathostomes)

Unusual anal fin in a Devonian jawless vertebrate reveals complex origins of paired appendages

(2013) R. S. Sansom et al.   Biology Letters

Frequency of Multiple Paternity in Gummy Shark, Mustelus antarcticus, and Rig, Mustelus lenticulatus, and the Implications of Mate Encounter Rate, Postcopulatory Influences, and Reproductive Mode

(2013) J. J. Boomer et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Histology of “placoderm” dermal skeletons: Implications for the nature of the ancestral gnathostome

(2013) Sam Giles et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

A Silurian placoderm with osteichthyan-like marginal jaw bones

(2013) Min Zhu et al.   NATURE

Body wall development in lamprey and a new perspective on the origin of vertebrate paired fins

(2013) F. J. Tulenko et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Trunk exoskeleton in teleosts is mesodermal in origin

(2013) Atsuko Shimada et al.   Nature Communications

An antiarch placoderm shows that pelvic girdles arose at the root of jawed vertebrates

(2012) M. Zhu et al.   Biology Letters

Molecular and evolutionary basis of limb field specification and limb initiation

(2012) Mikiko Tanaka   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

New morphological information on the ptyctodontid fishes (Placodermi, Ptyctodontida) from Western Australia

(2012) Kate Trinajstic et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

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

(2012) Samuel P. Davis et al.   NATURE

Neural Crest Does Not Contribute to the Neck and Shoulder in the Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)

(2012) Hans-Henning Epperlein et al.   PLoS One

Skeletogenic Fate of Zebrafish Cranial and Trunk Neural Crest

(2012) Erika Kague et al.   PLoS One

Revealing the mechanisms of the rostral shift of pelvic fins among teleost fishes

(2011) Mikiko Tanaka   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

A somitic contribution to the pectoral girdle in the axolotl revealed by long-term fate mapping

(2011) Nadine Piekarski et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Superfoetative viviparity in a Carboniferous chondrichthyan and reproduction in early gnathostomes

(2011) EILEEN D. GROGAN et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

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

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

The Late Devonian Gogo Formation Lägerstatte of Western Australia: Exceptional Early Vertebrate Preservation and Diversity

(2010) John A. Long et al.   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Competent stripes for diverse positions of limbs/fins in gnathostome embryos

(2010) Sayuri Yonei-Tamura et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Paternity analysis in a litter of whale shark embryos

(2010) JV Schmidt et al.   Endangered Species Research

A new genus and species of Ptyctodont (Placodermi) from the Late Devonian Gneudna Formation, Western Australia, and an analysis of Ptyctodont phylogeny

(2009) KATE TRINAJSTIC et al.   GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE

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

(2009) Martin D. Brazeau   NATURE

Devonian arthrodire embryos and the origin of internal fertilization in vertebrates

(2009) John A. Long et al.   NATURE

Siluro-Devonian vertebrate biostratigraphy and biogeography of China

(2009) Wen-Jin Zhao et al.   Palaeoworld

Live birth in the Devonian period

(2008) John A. Long et al.   NATURE