The Eocene limestones around the Italian village of Bolca occur in a series of distinct
localities providing a unique snapshot of marine life in the early Cenozoic. Famous for its …

We are beginning to appreciate that the huge radiations of both marine and terrestrial taxa in
the aftermath of the K/Pg mass extinction event were concentrated largely, but not …

Estimating deep-time species-level diversification processes remains challenging. Both the
fossil record and molecular phylogenies allow the estimation of speciation and extinction …

Identifying isolated teeth of fossil selachians only based on qualitative characters is
sometimes hindered by similarity in their morphology, resulting often in heated taxonomic …

The Late Jurassic elasmobranch Protospinax annectans is often regarded as a key species
to our understanding of crown group elasmobranch interrelationships and the evolutionary …

Sharks and their relatives (Elasmobranchii) are highly threatened with extinction due to
various anthropogenic pressures. The abundant fossil record of fossil taxa has allowed the …

Chondrichthyans have a long evolutionary history, reaching back over 450 million years.
Despite the longevity of the chondrichthyan fossil record, it is remarkably incomplete. This …

Elasmobranchii is a clade of chondrichthyans (cartilaginous fishes) that comprises sharks,
skates and rays represented today by approximately 1,200 species. Chondrichthyans have …

A new fossil batoid (ray), Asflapristis cristadentis gen. et sp. nov., is described from six
exceptionally well-preserved, three-dimensional skeletal remains from the Turonian (Late …

The early Miocene stingray† Trygon vorstmani represented by a single specimen collected
from the fish-bearing limestones of the Tonasa Formation of SW Sulawesi, Indonesia, is …