Well exposed Famennian, mainly carbonate rocks of the Bahram Formation in the vicinity of Bagher Abad village, Central Iran,yielded chondrichthyan teeth some sarcopterygii and actinopterygii teeth and fragments. Three different genera were recognizedamong the chondrichthyan teeth represented by: Phoebodus turnerae, Ph. spp., Deihim mansureae (M2, M3), Stethacanthus sp..Acanthodian and sarcopter...

The placoderm fauna of the upper Famennian tetrapod-bearing locality of Strud, Belgium, includes the antiarch Grossilepis rikiki, the arthrodire groenlandaspidid Turrisaspis strudensis and the phyllolepidid Phyllolepis undulata. Based on morphological and morphometric evidence, the placoderm specimens from Strud are predominantly recognised as immature specimens and this locality as representin...

This study presents a detailed morphological analysis of a new species belonging to the blind trilobite Trimerocephalus McCoy, 1849, T. chopini n. sp., based on exceptionally well preserved articulated specimens from the Late Devonian (Early Famennian) of the Holy Cross Mountains in central Poland. The occurrence of this taxon in Kowala Quarry near Kielce has been reported previously, with spec...

This is the first report of organic-walled tentaculid remains from Givetian through Frasnian age deposits Michigan and Appalachian Basins in western Laurussia. adds to geographic scope similar finds that have been described Famennian eastern However, those previous specimens were retrieved palynological preparations more closely resemble sheath structures rather than full forms found herein, wh...

Neruchella eichwaldi gen. et sp. nov. is erected on the basis of a head shield found in Famennian Lebedyanian Regional Stage Orel Region, Russia. The new taxon differs from all known ptyctodontids, and characterized by central plates contact along skull midline, meeting sensory-line canals centrals loss nuchal plate. structures shields two ptyctodontids Chelyophorus are completely different gen...

The Late Devonian (Frasnian-Famennian) interval includes one of the most dramatic intervals of biotic turnover in the Phanerozoic. Statistical evaluation of diversity change reveals that the primary cause of biodiversity decline was reduced speciation during the crisis interval, not elevated extinction rates. Although various hypotheses have been proposed to explain extinction increase during t...

Identification of relevant taxonomic and evolutionary units is a recurrent issue in the fossil record, all more for ancient fossils devoid modern equivalents such as conodonts. Extensive morphological variation has often led to description numerous species, subspecies or morphotypes, which may correspond end-member morphologies reached through ontogeny. The platform elements Late Devonian conod...