In: BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2019, vol. 19, no. 1, p. 117
The branchiostegal series consists of an alignment of bony elements in the posterior portion of the skull of osteichthyan vertebrates. We trace the evolution of the number of elements in a comprehensive survey that includes 440 extant and 66 extinct species. Using a newly updated actinopterygian tree in combination with phylogenetic comparative analyses, we test whether osteichthyan...
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In: PeerJ, 2017, vol. 5, p. e3861
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. This fossil is the incomplete body of a salamander, Phosphotriton sigei, whose skeleton and external morphology are well preserved, as revealed by...
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In: Paleobiology : a quarterly journal of the Paleontological Society, 2004, vol. 30, no. 4, p. 589
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