The sawshark redemption: current knowledge and future directions for sawsharks (Pristiophoridae)

RJ Nevatte, JE Williamson - Fish and Fisheries, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Sawsharks (Order: Pristiophoriformes, Family: Pristiophoridae) are a highly
distinctive group of sharks, characterized by a tapering saw‐like rostrum with a pair of …

A new† Pachycormiformes (Actinopterygii) from the Upper Jurassic of Gondwana sheds light on the evolutionary history of the group

S Gouiric-Cavalli, G Arratia - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
As part of the transition from Holostei to Teleostei,† Pachycormiformes represent a key
group of fishes. However, the anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of the group in the …

[HTML][HTML] The Cretaceous–Paleogene transition in spiny-rayed fishes: surveying “Patterson's Gap” in the acanthomorph skeletal record André Dumont medalist lecture …

M FRIEDMAN, JV ANDREWS, S Hadeel… - Geologica …, 2023 - popups.uliege.be
In contrast to the rich collections of articulated spiny-rayed fishes from early Late Cretaceous
and Eocene Lagerstätten, similar skeletal remains are sparse in Maastrichtian–Paleocene …

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) from the lower Maastrichtian of Algarrobo, central Chile

RA Otero, ME Suárez - Cretaceous Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This research presents new material of ray-finned fishes recovered from Upper Cretaceous
strata exposed in the city of Algarrobo, central Chile. The material includes specimens here …

A giant elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia; Plesiosauria) from Antarctica: new information on elasmosaurid body size diversity and aristonectine evolutionary scenarios

JP O'gorman, S Santillana, R Otero, M Reguero - Cretaceous Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Aristonectines show a highly derived morphology among elasmosaurid plesiosaurs,
including some species with large body size. A new postcranial skeleton is described from …

A shark fauna from the Campanian of Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada: an insight into the diversity of Cretaceous deep-water assemblages

H Cappetta, K Morrison, S Adnet - Historical Biology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This article describes a rich and diversified elasmobranch fauna collected from the Upper
Campanian Northumberland Formation, a part of the Nanaimo Group, exposed on Hornby …

High-latitude Cretaceous–Paleogene transition: New paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic insights from Seymour Island, Antarctica

LCF da Silva, A Santos, G Fauth, LME Manríquez… - Marine …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Filo Negro Section, on Seymour Island (Antarctic Peninsula), is a fossiliferous
section with great potential for Late Cretaceous–Paleogene studies, which also presents an …

[HTML][HTML] Offshore marine actinopterygian assemblages from the Maastrichtian–Paleogene of the Pindos Unit in Eurytania, Greece

T Argyriou, D Davesne - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
The fossil record of marine ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) from the time interval
surrounding the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction is scarce at a global scale …

[HTML][HTML] Late Campanian-early Maastrichtian vertebrates from the James Ross Basin, West Antarctica: updated synthesis, biostratigraphy, and paleobiogeography

MA Reguero, Z Gasparini, EB Olivero… - Anais da Academia …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Abstract The Snow Hill Island Formation (SHIF; late Campanian–early Maastrichtian) crops
out in the northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula and constitutes the basal part of the late …

[HTML][HTML] Revision of the Cretaceous shark Protoxynotus (Chondrichthyes, Squaliformes) and early evolution of somniosid sharks

I Feichtinger, G Guinot, N Straube, M Harzhauser… - Cretaceous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the peculiar combination of dental features characteristic for different squaliform
families, the position of the Late Cretaceous genera Protoxynotus and Paraphorosoides …