1. Woodward, Arthur Smith and Woodward, Guy, 1889, Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum (Natural History): Printed by order of the Trustees eBooks.
Abstract
v.1 (1889)
BibTeX
@book{doi105962bhltitle61854,
author = "Woodward, Arthur Smith and Woodward, Guy",
title = "Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum (Natural History)",
year = "1889",
booktitle = "Printed by order of the Trustees eBooks",
abstract = "v.1 (1889)",
url = "https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.61854",
doi = "10.5962/bhl.title.61854",
openalex = "W1869020051"
}
2. Myers, George S. and Berg, L. S., 1941, Classification of Fishes, Both Recent and Fossil: Copeia.
BibTeX
@article{doi1023071437499,
author = "Myers, George S. and Berg, L. S.",
title = "Classification of Fishes, Both Recent and Fossil",
year = "1941",
journal = "Copeia",
url = "https://doi.org/10.2307/1437499",
doi = "10.2307/1437499",
openalex = "W2017085139"
}
3. Stensi, E, 1958, Les cyclostomes fossiles ou Ostracodermes, in Grasse, P. P., ed., Trait de Zoologie, 1st facs.
BibTeX
@misc{stensi1958les2,
author = "Stensi, E",
title = "Les cyclostomes fossiles ou Ostracodermes, in Grasse, P. P., ed., Trait de Zoologie, 1st facs",
year = "1958",
howpublished = "Paris, Masson et Cie, v. 13",
note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Stensi, E., 1958, Les cyclostomes fossiles ou Ostracodermes, in Grasse, P. P., ed., Trait de Zoologie, 1st facs: Paris, Masson et Cie, v. 13.}"
}
4. Toombs, H. A. and Rixon, A. E., 1959, The Use of Acids in the Preparation of Vertebrate Fossils: Curator The Museum Journal.
DOI: 10.1111/j.2151-6952.1959.tb00514.x
BibTeX
@article{doi101111j215169521959tb00514x,
author = "Toombs, H. A. and Rixon, A. E.",
title = "The Use of Acids in the Preparation of Vertebrate Fossils",
year = "1959",
journal = "Curator The Museum Journal",
url = "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2151-6952.1959.tb00514.x",
doi = "10.1111/j.2151-6952.1959.tb00514.x",
openalex = "W1996212071",
references = "doi101098rstb19350015"
}
5. CROW, W.B., 1960, CYCLOSTOMES: A Synopsis of Biology: p. 299-303.
DOI: 10.1016/b978-1-4832-0029-3.50043-6
BibTeX
@incollection{crow1960cyclostomes,
author = "CROW, W.B.",
title = "CYCLOSTOMES",
year = "1960",
booktitle = "A Synopsis of Biology",
url = "https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-1-4832-0029-3.50043-6",
doi = "10.1016/b978-1-4832-0029-3.50043-6",
openalex = "W3021225753",
pages = "299-303"
}
6. CROW, W.B., 1964, CYCLOSTOMES: A Synopsis of Biology: p. 299-303.
DOI: 10.1016/b978-1-4831-6826-5.50045-5
BibTeX
@incollection{crow1964cyclostomes,
author = "CROW, W.B.",
title = "CYCLOSTOMES",
year = "1964",
booktitle = "A Synopsis of Biology",
url = "https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-1-4831-6826-5.50045-5",
doi = "10.1016/b978-1-4831-6826-5.50045-5",
openalex = "W3022949386",
pages = "299-303"
}
7. Janvier, Philippe, 1974, The Structure of the IMaso-hypophysial Complex and the Mouth in Fossil and Extant Cyclostomes, with Remarks on Amphiaspiforms: Zoologica Scripta.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1974.tb00816.x
Abstract
The relationships between myxinoids and heterostracans are discussed on the basis of new observations on the structure of the prenasal sinus in an embryo of Myxine. A new interpretation of the feeding mechanism of heterostracans is proposed. Some remarks are made on the transformation of the prenasal sinus in more primitive heterostracans into a secondarily subdivided one in the amphiaspiforms.
BibTeX
@article{doi101111j146364091974tb00816x,
author = "Janvier, Philippe",
title = "The Structure of the IMaso-hypophysial Complex and the Mouth in Fossil and Extant Cyclostomes, with Remarks on Amphiaspiforms",
year = "1974",
journal = "Zoologica Scripta",
abstract = "The relationships between myxinoids and heterostracans are discussed on the basis of new observations on the structure of the prenasal sinus in an embryo of Myxine. A new interpretation of the feeding mechanism of heterostracans is proposed. Some remarks are made on the transformation of the prenasal sinus in more primitive heterostracans into a secondarily subdivided one in the amphiaspiforms.",
url = "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1974.tb00816.x",
doi = "10.1111/j.1463-6409.1974.tb00816.x",
openalex = "W1999098230",
references = "doi101007bf01774310, doi101086623803, doi101086626213, doi101093icb12177, doi101111j146363951946tb00019x, doi105962bhltitle118830, openalexw251296685"
}
8. Janvier, Philippe, 1975, Les yeux des Cyclostomes fossiles et le problème de l'origine des Myxinoïdes: Acta Zoologica: v. 56, no. 1: p. 1-9.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.1975.tb00077.x
BibTeX
@article{janvier1975les,
author = "Janvier, Philippe",
title = "Les yeux des Cyclostomes fossiles et le problème de l'origine des Myxinoïdes",
year = "1975",
journal = "Acta Zoologica",
url = "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6395.1975.tb00077.x",
doi = "10.1111/j.1463-6395.1975.tb00077.x",
number = "1",
openalex = "W2089350221",
pages = "1-9",
volume = "56",
references = "doi1010160042698975902151, doi101098rstb19350015, doi101111j146363951946tb00019x, doi101111j146364091974tb00816x, doi105962bhltitle118830, openalexw251296685, openalexw3197770704, openalexw750766133"
}
9. Hardisty, M. W., 1979, Biology of the Cyclostomes.
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-3408-6
BibTeX
@book{hardisty1979biology,
author = "Hardisty, M. W.",
title = "Biology of the Cyclostomes",
year = "1979",
url = "https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3408-6",
doi = "10.1007/978-1-4899-3408-6",
openalex = "W1990311821"
}
10. Hardisty, M. W, 1979, Biology of Cyclostomes.
BibTeX
@misc{hardisty1979biology1,
author = "Hardisty, M. W",
title = "Biology of Cyclostomes",
year = "1979",
howpublished = "London, Chapman and Hall",
note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Hardisty, M. W., 1979, Biology of Cyclostomes: London, Chapman and Hall.}"
}
11. Fink, William L. and Lauder, George V. and Hardisty, M. W., 1980, Biology of the Cyclostomes: Copeia: v. 1980, no. 4: p. 948.
BibTeX
@article{fink1980biology,
author = "Fink, William L. and Lauder, George V. and Hardisty, M. W.",
title = "Biology of the Cyclostomes",
year = "1980",
journal = "Copeia",
url = "https://doi.org/10.2307/1444503",
doi = "10.2307/1444503",
number = "4",
openalex = "W4246427116",
pages = "948",
volume = "1980"
}
12. Gorbman, Aubrey, 1980, Biology of the cyclostomes: General and Comparative Endocrinology: v. 42, no. 1: p. 148.
DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(80)90271-3
BibTeX
@article{gorbman1980biology,
author = "Gorbman, Aubrey",
title = "Biology of the cyclostomes",
year = "1980",
journal = "General and Comparative Endocrinology",
url = "https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-6480(80)90271-3",
doi = "10.1016/0016-6480(80)90271-3",
number = "1",
openalex = "W2345756693",
pages = "148",
volume = "42"
}
13. Payne, I.A., 1980, Biology of the cyclostomes: Endeavour: v. 4, no. 4: p. 176.
DOI: 10.1016/0160-9327(80)90041-1
BibTeX
@article{payne1980biology,
author = "Payne, I.A.",
title = "Biology of the cyclostomes",
year = "1980",
journal = "Endeavour",
url = "https://doi.org/10.1016/0160-9327(80)90041-1",
doi = "10.1016/0160-9327(80)90041-1",
number = "4",
openalex = "W2313591047",
pages = "176",
volume = "4"
}
14. Janvier, Philippe, 1981, The phylogeny of the Craniata, with particular reference to the significance of fossil “agnathans”: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1981.10011886
Abstract
ABSTRACT The phylogenetic relationships of the extant Craniata are analyzed, and the position of the best known fossil groups of jawless craniates is discussed. Some of the patterns obtained are inconsistent with previous opinions on the phylogeny of the Craniata, e.g. on the question of monophyly of the Cephalaspidomorphi. It is concluded that the fossil jawless Craniata provide little information on the affinities of the Craniata, but they do provide complementary data on distribution of characters. According to their respective positions in the cladogram, these fossil groups allow determination of polarity of some characteristics, such as paired fins, naso-hypophysial complex, and eye musculature.
BibTeX
@article{doi10108002724634198110011886,
author = "Janvier, Philippe",
title = "The phylogeny of the Craniata, with particular reference to the significance of fossil “agnathans”",
year = "1981",
journal = "Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology",
abstract = "ABSTRACT The phylogenetic relationships of the extant Craniata are analyzed, and the position of the best known fossil groups of jawless craniates is discussed. Some of the patterns obtained are inconsistent with previous opinions on the phylogeny of the Craniata, e.g. on the question of monophyly of the Cephalaspidomorphi. It is concluded that the fossil jawless Craniata provide little information on the affinities of the Craniata, but they do provide complementary data on distribution of characters. According to their respective positions in the cladogram, these fossil groups allow determination of polarity of some characteristics, such as paired fins, naso-hypophysial complex, and eye musculature.",
url = "https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.1981.10011886",
doi = "10.1080/02724634.1981.10011886",
openalex = "W2054472641",
references = "doi101007bf02058654, doi101017s0080456800035237, doi101038019118a0, doi101038199046a0, doi101038277176a0, doi101038282831a0, doi101093icb12177, doi101098rstb19350015, doi101111j109636421967tb01396x, doi101111j146363951946tb00019x, doi101111j146364091974tb00816x, doi101111j146364091978tb00792x, doi101111j1469185x1973tb01005x, doi101126science11282807, doi101242jcss2935309, doi1023072407204, doi105962bhltitle118830, doi105962bhltitle82144, halstead1969calcified, halstead1979agnathans, janvier1975les, openalexw115975037, openalexw1564473436, openalexw1988829823, openalexw644180919, openalexw750766133"
}
15. Gans, Carl, 1981, Biology of the Cyclostomes. M. W. Hardisty: The Quarterly Review of Biology: v. 56, no. 2: p. 211-211.
BibTeX
@article{gans1981biology,
author = "Gans, Carl",
title = "Biology of the Cyclostomes. M. W. Hardisty",
year = "1981",
journal = "The Quarterly Review of Biology",
url = "https://doi.org/10.1086/412246",
doi = "10.1086/412246",
number = "2",
openalex = "W2517175231",
pages = "211-211",
volume = "56"
}
16. Bardack, David, 1991, First Fossil Hagfish (Myxinoidea): A Record from the Pennsylvanian of Illinois: Science.
DOI: 10.1126/science.254.5032.701
Abstract
A fossil hagfish (Myxinoidea), a new genus from the Pennsylvanian, shows tentacles, structures of the head skeleton and internal organs. No other fossils of this group have been reported. Although this new hagfish differs from living forms in position of the gills, feeding apparatus, and relatively well developed eyes, it is quite similar to its recent relatives. Thus, hagfishes have a long, conservative geological history. Cladograms showing myxinoids as a sister group to the vertebrates are supported.
BibTeX
@article{doi101126science2545032701,
author = "Bardack, David",
title = "First Fossil Hagfish (Myxinoidea): A Record from the Pennsylvanian of Illinois",
year = "1991",
journal = "Science",
abstract = "A fossil hagfish (Myxinoidea), a new genus from the Pennsylvanian, shows tentacles, structures of the head skeleton and internal organs. No other fossils of this group have been reported. Although this new hagfish differs from living forms in position of the gills, feeding apparatus, and relatively well developed eyes, it is quite similar to its recent relatives. Thus, hagfishes have a long, conservative geological history. Cladograms showing myxinoids as a sister group to the vertebrates are supported.",
url = "https://doi.org/10.1126/science.254.5032.701",
doi = "10.1126/science.254.5032.701",
openalex = "W1995220639",
references = "doi1010160042698975902151"
}
17. Bardack, David, 1998, Relationships of Living and Fossil Hagfishes.
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-5834-3_1
BibTeX
@incollection{doi10100797894011583431,
author = "Bardack, David",
title = "Relationships of Living and Fossil Hagfishes",
year = "1998",
url = "https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5834-3\_1",
doi = "10.1007/978-94-011-5834-3\_1",
openalex = "W1848524608",
references = "doi1010160042698975902151"
}
18. Briggs, Derek E.G., 2003, The Role of Decay and Mineralization in the Preservation of Soft-Bodied Fossils: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences: v. 31, no. 1: p. 275-301.
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.31.100901.144746
Abstract
▪ Abstract Fossil deposits that preserve soft-bodied organisms provide critical evidence of the history of life. Usually, only more decay resistant materials, e.g., cuticles, survive as organic remains as a result of selective preservation and subsequent diagenesis to more resistant biopolymers. Permineralization, the permeation of tissues by mineralizing fluids, may preserve remarkable detail, particularly of plants. However, evidence of more labile tissues, e.g., muscle, normally requires the replication of their morphology by rapid in situ growth of minerals, i.e., authigenic mineralization. This process relies on the steep geochemical gradients generated by decay microbes. The minerals involved, and the level of detail preserved (which may be subcellular), depend on a number of factors, including the nature of microbial activity and amount of decay, availability of ions, and the type of organism that is fossilized. Understanding these controls is essential to determining the conditions that favor exceptional preservation.
BibTeX
@article{briggs2003the,
author = "Briggs, Derek E.G.",
title = "The Role of Decay and Mineralization in the Preservation of Soft-Bodied Fossils",
year = "2003",
journal = "Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences",
abstract = "▪ Abstract Fossil deposits that preserve soft-bodied organisms provide critical evidence of the history of life. Usually, only more decay resistant materials, e.g., cuticles, survive as organic remains as a result of selective preservation and subsequent diagenesis to more resistant biopolymers. Permineralization, the permeation of tissues by mineralizing fluids, may preserve remarkable detail, particularly of plants. However, evidence of more labile tissues, e.g., muscle, normally requires the replication of their morphology by rapid in situ growth of minerals, i.e., authigenic mineralization. This process relies on the steep geochemical gradients generated by decay microbes. The minerals involved, and the level of detail preserved (which may be subcellular), depend on a number of factors, including the nature of microbial activity and amount of decay, availability of ions, and the type of organism that is fossilized. Understanding these controls is essential to determining the conditions that favor exceptional preservation.",
url = "https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.earth.31.100901.144746",
doi = "10.1146/annurev.earth.31.100901.144746",
number = "1",
openalex = "W2125375419",
pages = "275-301",
volume = "31",
references = "allison1988the, briggs1994decay, briggs1996the, doi1010160016703789901919, doi1010160016703794902984, doi101016002532279390147n, doi1010160034666775900056, doi101017s0006323199005472, doi101017s0022336000040026, doi101017s0094837300009994, doi101017s009483730001188x, doi101017s0094837300012082, doi101098rstb19790006, doi101098rstb19850134, doi101098rstb19930082, doi101111j150239311983tb01993x, doi101126science25951001439, doi101126science28153801173, doi1011300091761319880160149mibbbs23co2, doi1015159781501509247, doi1016660094837320020280155lgatio20co2, doi1023071222284, doi1023073515360, doi1023073515363, doi105860choice284524, doi107208chicago97802261597130010001, openalexw2754161204"
}
19. Gai, Zhikun and Donoghue, Philip C. J. and Zhu, Min and Janvier, Philippe and Stampanoni, Marco, 2011, Fossil jawless fish from China foreshadows early jawed vertebrate anatomy: Nature.
BibTeX
@article{doi101038nature10276,
author = "Gai, Zhikun and Donoghue, Philip C. J. and Zhu, Min and Janvier, Philippe and Stampanoni, Marco",
title = "Fossil jawless fish from China foreshadows early jawed vertebrate anatomy",
year = "2011",
journal = "Nature",
url = "https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10276",
doi = "10.1038/nature10276",
openalex = "W1970226440",
references = "doi1010079783642182624, doi101007978364218262412, doi101007s0033900635072, doi101007s1151500700226, doi101016jtree200504008, doi101038282831a0, doi101038282833a0, doi101038361129a0, doi101038nature04890, doi101046j1525142x200000062x, doi101073pnas1010350107, doi101093oso97801985404720010001, doi101111j146364091979tb00640x, doi101126science2204594268, doi105860choice454992, halstead1979agnathans"
}
20. Shimeld, Sebastian M. and Donoghue, Phillip C. J., 2012, Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: cyclostomes (lamprey and hagfish): Development: v. 139, no. 12: p. 2091-2099.
Abstract
Lampreys and hagfish, which together are known as the cyclostomes or ‘agnathans’, are the only surviving lineages of jawless fish. They diverged early in vertebrate evolution, before the origin of the hinged jaws that are characteristic of gnathostome (jawed) vertebrates and before the evolution of paired appendages. However, they do share numerous characteristics with jawed vertebrates. Studies of cyclostome development can thus help us to understand when, and how, key aspects of the vertebrate body evolved. Here, we summarise the development of cyclostomes, highlighting the key species studied and experimental methods available. We then discuss how studies of cyclostomes have provided important insight into the evolution of fins, jaws, skeleton and neural crest.
BibTeX
@article{shimeld2012evolutionary,
author = "Shimeld, Sebastian M. and Donoghue, Phillip C. J.",
title = "Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: cyclostomes (lamprey and hagfish)",
year = "2012",
journal = "Development",
abstract = "Lampreys and hagfish, which together are known as the cyclostomes or ‘agnathans’, are the only surviving lineages of jawless fish. They diverged early in vertebrate evolution, before the origin of the hinged jaws that are characteristic of gnathostome (jawed) vertebrates and before the evolution of paired appendages. However, they do share numerous characteristics with jawed vertebrates. Studies of cyclostome development can thus help us to understand when, and how, key aspects of the vertebrate body evolved. Here, we summarise the development of cyclostomes, highlighting the key species studied and experimental methods available. We then discuss how studies of cyclostomes have provided important insight into the evolution of fins, jaws, skeleton and neural crest.",
url = "https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.074716",
doi = "10.1242/dev.074716",
number = "12",
openalex = "W2090015201",
pages = "2091-2099",
volume = "139",
references = "bertrand2011evolutionary, doi101002bies20767, doi101016jdevcel200708005, doi101017s0006323199005472, doi101038nature02740, doi101038nature04336, doi101038nature06967, doi101073pnas0712259105, doi101111j146363951946tb00019x, doi101126science2204594268, doi101371journalpbio0030007, doi101371journalpbio0030314, doi105860choice465038, s23a98e59a754307ee654adec93e64df58927f80fc"
}
21. Szrek, Piotr and Salwa, Sylwester and Niedźwiedzki, Grzegorz and Dec, Marek and Ahlberg, Per and Uchman, Alfred, 2016, A glimpse of a fish face — An exceptional fish feeding trace fossil from the Lower Devonian of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland: Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology.
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.04.019
BibTeX
@article{doi101016jpalaeo201604019,
author = "Szrek, Piotr and Salwa, Sylwester and Niedźwiedzki, Grzegorz and Dec, Marek and Ahlberg, Per and Uchman, Alfred",
title = "A glimpse of a fish face — An exceptional fish feeding trace fossil from the Lower Devonian of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland",
year = "2016",
journal = "Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology",
url = "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.04.019",
doi = "10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.04.019",
openalex = "W2340063035",
references = "doi101017s0022336000029279, doi101111j14754983200600594x, openalexw750766133"
}
22. van der Laan, Richard, 2018, Family-group names of fossil fishes: European Journal of Taxonomy.
Abstract
The family-group names of animals (superfamily, family, subfamily, supertribe, tribe and subtribe) are regulated by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Particularly, the family names are very important, because they are among the most widely used of all technical animal names. A uniform name and spelling are essential for the location of information. To facilitate this, a list of family-group names for fossil fishes has been compiled. I use the concept ‘Fishes’ in the usual sense, i.e., starting with the Agnatha up to the †Osteolepidiformes. All the family-group names proposed for fossil fishes found to date are listed, together with their author(s) and year of publication. The main goal of the list is to contribute to the usage of the correct family-group names for fossil fishes with a uniform spelling and to list the author(s) and date of those names. No valid family-group name description could be located for the following family-group names currently in usage: †Brindabellaspidae, †Diabolepididae, †Dorsetichthyidae, †Erichalcidae, †Holodipteridae, †Kentuckiidae, †Lepidaspididae, †Loganelliidae and †Pituriaspididae.
BibTeX
@article{doi105852ejt2018466,
author = "van der Laan, Richard",
title = "Family-group names of fossil fishes",
year = "2018",
journal = "European Journal of Taxonomy",
abstract = "The family-group names of animals (superfamily, family, subfamily, supertribe, tribe and subtribe) are regulated by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Particularly, the family names are very important, because they are among the most widely used of all technical animal names. A uniform name and spelling are essential for the location of information. To facilitate this, a list of family-group names for fossil fishes has been compiled. I use the concept ‘Fishes’ in the usual sense, i.e., starting with the Agnatha up to the †Osteolepidiformes. All the family-group names proposed for fossil fishes found to date are listed, together with their author(s) and year of publication. The main goal of the list is to contribute to the usage of the correct family-group names for fossil fishes with a uniform spelling and to list the author(s) and date of those names. No valid family-group name description could be located for the following family-group names currently in usage: †Brindabellaspidae, †Diabolepididae, †Dorsetichthyidae, †Erichalcidae, †Holodipteridae, †Kentuckiidae, †Lepidaspididae, †Loganelliidae and †Pituriaspididae.",
url = "https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.466",
doi = "10.5852/ejt.2018.466",
openalex = "W2896531652",
references = "doi101007s1151500700226, doi101017s0016756800082856, doi101017s0080456800035237, doi101017s0263593300002595, doi101017s1477201908002551, doi101073pnas1719358115, doi101111j109636421977tb01031x, doi101186s1286201709583, doi101371currentstol53ba26640df0ccaee75bb165c8c26288, doi101371journalpone0119248, doi1023071441916, doi103897zookeys88807, doi105281zenodo15921987, doi105962bhltitle118830, doi105962bhltitle20094, doi105962bhltitle4275, openalexw1252084533, openalexw251296685, openalexw52563376, openalexw595691412, openalexw641496887"
}
23. Randle, Emma and Sansom, Robert S., 2019, Bite marks and predation of fossil jawless fish during the rise of jawed vertebrates: Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.
Abstract
Although modern vertebrate diversity is dominated by jawed vertebrates, early vertebrate assemblages were predominantly composed of jawless fishes. Hypotheses for this faunal shift and the Devonian decline of jawless vertebrates include predation and competitive replacement. The nature and prevalence of ecological interactions between jawed and jawless vertebrates are highly relevant to both hypotheses, but direct evidence is limited. Here, we use the occurrence and distribution of bite mark type traces in fossil jawless armoured heterostracans to infer predation interactions. A total of 41 predated specimens are recorded; their prevalence increases through time, reaching a maximum towards the end of the Devonian. The bite mark type traces significantly co-occur with jawed vertebrates, and their distribution through time is correlated with jawed vertebrate diversity patterns, particularly placoderms and sarcopterygians. Environmental and ecological turnover in the Devonian, especially relating to the nekton revolution, have been inferred as causes of the faunal shift from jawless to jawed vertebrates. Here, we provide direct evidence of escalating predation from jawed vertebrates as a potential contributing factor to the demise and extinction of ostracoderms.
BibTeX
@article{doi101098rspb20191596,
author = "Randle, Emma and Sansom, Robert S.",
title = "Bite marks and predation of fossil jawless fish during the rise of jawed vertebrates",
year = "2019",
journal = "Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences",
abstract = "Although modern vertebrate diversity is dominated by jawed vertebrates, early vertebrate assemblages were predominantly composed of jawless fishes. Hypotheses for this faunal shift and the Devonian decline of jawless vertebrates include predation and competitive replacement. The nature and prevalence of ecological interactions between jawed and jawless vertebrates are highly relevant to both hypotheses, but direct evidence is limited. Here, we use the occurrence and distribution of bite mark type traces in fossil jawless armoured heterostracans to infer predation interactions. A total of 41 predated specimens are recorded; their prevalence increases through time, reaching a maximum towards the end of the Devonian. The bite mark type traces significantly co-occur with jawed vertebrates, and their distribution through time is correlated with jawed vertebrate diversity patterns, particularly placoderms and sarcopterygians. Environmental and ecological turnover in the Devonian, especially relating to the nekton revolution, have been inferred as causes of the faunal shift from jawless to jawed vertebrates. Here, we provide direct evidence of escalating predation from jawed vertebrates as a potential contributing factor to the demise and extinction of ostracoderms.",
url = "https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1596",
doi = "10.1098/rspb.2019.1596",
openalex = "W2995109759",
references = "doi101098rspb20142245, doi101098rstb19350015"
}
24. Berkovitz, Barry and Shellis, Peter, 2023, Cyclostomes: The Teeth of Non-Mammalian Vertebrates: p. 1-11.
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-91789-6.00009-1
BibTeX
@incollection{berkovitz2023cyclostomes,
author = "Berkovitz, Barry and Shellis, Peter",
title = "Cyclostomes",
year = "2023",
booktitle = "The Teeth of Non-Mammalian Vertebrates",
url = "https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-91789-6.00009-1",
doi = "10.1016/b978-0-323-91789-6.00009-1",
openalex = "W4381955078",
pages = "1-11",
references = "doi1010079784431681328, doi1010079789401793063, doi101038nature12826, doi101038ncomms1355, doi101038srep00131, doi101073pnas1010350107, doi101073pnas1814794116, doi101242jeb01963, doi102108zsj231053, doi1023071539358"
}