Fossilized ontogenies: The contribution of placoderm ontogeny to our understanding of the evolution of early gnathostomes

Placoderms, representing phylogenetically more inclusive jawed vertebrates and successive sister taxa to crown-group gnathostomes, are critical to our understanding of character evolution within the crown-group (chondrichthyans + osteichthyans), including developmental characters. Early ontogenetic...

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Main Authors: Johanson, Z., Trinajstic, Katherine
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46231
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Trinajstic, Katherine
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description Placoderms, representing phylogenetically more inclusive jawed vertebrates and successive sister taxa to crown-group gnathostomes, are critical to our understanding of character evolution within the crown-group (chondrichthyans + osteichthyans), including developmental characters. Early ontogenetic stages of placoderms are generally poorly known, although some exceptional faunas preserve both embryonic (e.g. from the Gogo Formation, Western Australia) and post-embryonic individuals (the Miguasha Formation, Canada; Lode Formation, Latvia; Merriganowry Formation, Gogo Formation, Australia). Information provided by these ontogenies is relevant to questions of placoderm taxonomy and phylogeny, but also to broader questions pertinent to vertebrate evolution as a whole, for example, evolution of bone development, evolution of the axial skeleton and evolution of reproduction.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-462312017-09-13T14:30:53Z Fossilized ontogenies: The contribution of placoderm ontogeny to our understanding of the evolution of early gnathostomes Johanson, Z. Trinajstic, Katherine placoderms embryos ontogeny dentition reproduction axial skeleton Placoderms, representing phylogenetically more inclusive jawed vertebrates and successive sister taxa to crown-group gnathostomes, are critical to our understanding of character evolution within the crown-group (chondrichthyans + osteichthyans), including developmental characters. Early ontogenetic stages of placoderms are generally poorly known, although some exceptional faunas preserve both embryonic (e.g. from the Gogo Formation, Western Australia) and post-embryonic individuals (the Miguasha Formation, Canada; Lode Formation, Latvia; Merriganowry Formation, Gogo Formation, Australia). Information provided by these ontogenies is relevant to questions of placoderm taxonomy and phylogeny, but also to broader questions pertinent to vertebrate evolution as a whole, for example, evolution of bone development, evolution of the axial skeleton and evolution of reproduction. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46231 10.1111/pala.12093 Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. restricted
spellingShingle placoderms
embryos
ontogeny
dentition
reproduction
axial skeleton
Johanson, Z.
Trinajstic, Katherine
Fossilized ontogenies: The contribution of placoderm ontogeny to our understanding of the evolution of early gnathostomes
title Fossilized ontogenies: The contribution of placoderm ontogeny to our understanding of the evolution of early gnathostomes
title_full Fossilized ontogenies: The contribution of placoderm ontogeny to our understanding of the evolution of early gnathostomes
title_fullStr Fossilized ontogenies: The contribution of placoderm ontogeny to our understanding of the evolution of early gnathostomes
title_full_unstemmed Fossilized ontogenies: The contribution of placoderm ontogeny to our understanding of the evolution of early gnathostomes
title_short Fossilized ontogenies: The contribution of placoderm ontogeny to our understanding of the evolution of early gnathostomes
title_sort fossilized ontogenies: the contribution of placoderm ontogeny to our understanding of the evolution of early gnathostomes
topic placoderms
embryos
ontogeny
dentition
reproduction
axial skeleton
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46231