THE EARLY DEVONIAN ARMOURED AGNATHANS OF PODOLIA, UKRAINE

Microanatomy of Early Devonian book lungs.

The book lungs of an exceptionally preserved fossil arachnid (Trigonotarbida) from the Early Devonian (approx. 410 Myr ago) Rhynie cherts of Scotland were studied using a non-destructive imaging technique. Our three-dimensional modelling of fine structures, based on assembling successive images made at different focal planes through the translucent chert matrix, revealed for the first time foss...

Oldest coelacanth, from the Early Devonian of Australia.

Coelacanths are well-known sarcopterygian (lobe-finned) fishes, which together with lungfishes are the closest extant relatives of land vertebrates (tetrapods). Coelacanths have both living representatives and a rich fossil record, but lack fossils older than the late Middle Devonian (385-390 Myr ago), conflicting with current phylogenies implying coelacanths diverged from other sarcopterygians...

Some Fossil Plants of Early Devonian Type from the Walhalla

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Molecular phylogeny of early vertebrates: monophyly of the agnathans as revealed by sequences of 35 genes.

Extant vertebrates are divided into three major groups: hagfishes (Hyperotreti, myxinoids), lampreys (Hyperoartia, petromyzontids), and jawed vertebrates (Gnathostomata). The phylogenetic relationships among the groups and within the jawed vertebrates are controversial, for both morphological and molecular studies have rendered themselves to conflicting interpretations. Here, we use the sequenc...

Resurrecting Sphondylophyton as a Rhodophyte Alga from the Early Devonian