Evolution and development of fishes /
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2019.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1 The Evolution of Fishes through Geological Time; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Oldest Fishes; 1.3 The Lower Palaeozoic Radiation of Jawless Fishes; 1.4 The Origins of Gnathostomes; 1.5 Placoderms; 1.5.1 Placoderm Diversity; 1.6 Chondrichthyes; 1.6.1 The 'Acanthodians'; 1.6.2 The Early Chondrichthyan Radiation; 1.7 Osteichthyes; 1.7.1 Actinopterygians, Ray-Finned Fishes; 1.7.2 Sarcopterygians, Lobe-Finned Fishes; References; 2 Comparative Development of Cyclostomes; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Comparative Development of Cyclostomes2.2.1 Life History and Reproductive Ecology; 2.2.2 Descriptive Embryology; 2.2.3 Vertebrate Features from Neurula to Pharyngula; 2.2.4 Lineage-Specific Features from Pharyngula to Larva/Juvenile; 2.3 Interpretation of Problematic Fossil Taxa; 2.3.1 Is Metaspriggina a Stem or Crown Vertebrate?; 2.3.2 Is Palaeospondylus a Stem Hagfish?; 2.4 Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; 3 The Ordovician Enigma: Fish, First Appearances and Phylogenetic Controversies; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Stratigraphic and Biogeographic Distribution
- 3.3 The FishesArandaspids; Astraspis; Eriptychius; Thelodonts; 'Gnathostomes'; Skiichthys; 'Shark-like' Scales; 3.4 Phylogenetic Position of 'Shark-Like' Scales; 3.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 4 The Evolution of Vertebrate Dermal Jaw Bones in the Light of Maxillate Placoderms; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Morphology of Dermal Jaw Bones in Placoderms; 4.2.1 Antiarchs and Acanthothoracids; 4.2.2. Arthrodires; 4.2.3 Ptyctodonts, Rhenanids and Ramirosuarezia; 4.3 Crown Gnathostomes: Osteichthyans; 4.4 Crown Gnathostomes: Chondrichthyans Including Acanthodians
- 4.5 Maxillate Placoderms4.6 Evolution and Homology of Dermal Jaw Bones Across the Transition from Stem- to Crown-Group Gnathostomes; 4.7 Inner Position of Arthrodire Gnathal Bones may be Secondary; 4.8 Parallelism of the Parasphenoid; 4.9 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 5 Doliodus and Pucapampellids: Contrasting Perspectives on Stem Chondrichthyan Morphology; Abstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Description; Remarks; Family PUCAPAMPELLIDAE, nov.; PUCAPAMPELLA Janvier and Suárez-Riglos, 1986; NEW GENUS: Gydoselache; NEW SPECIES: Gydoselache oosthuizeni; Remarks; 5.3 Discussion
- 5.3.1 The Chondrichthyan Crown5.3.2 The Chondrichthyan Stem; Acknowledgements; References; 6 The Evolution of Endoskeletal Mineralisation in Chondrichthyan Fish: Development, Cells and Molecules; Abstract; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Material and Methods; 6.3 Cartilage in Cartilaginous Fish; 6.4 Developmental Dynamics of Cartilage Mineralisation: From Embryos to Cells; 6.5 Ancestral and Evolutionarily Derived Molecular Contexts for Cartilage Mineralisation in Chondrichthyans; 6.6 Concluding Remarks; References