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 …

Bony fishes are the principal group of backboned animals in contemporary aquatic settings.
Extant species are the focus of a vigorous program of macroevolutionary research, but …

Ascaridoids are among the commonest groups of zooparasitic nematodes (roundworms)
and occur in the alimentary canal of all major vertebrate groups, including humans. They …

The charismatic trumpetfishes, goatfishes, dragonets, flying gurnards, seahorses, and
pipefishes encompass a recently defined yet extraordinarily diverse clade of percomorph …

Abstract The Eocene Konservat-Lagerstätte of Bolca, Italy, is famous for the abundance and
exquisite preservation of its fossils. Although the Bolca sites have provided one of the most …

The Acanthomorpha is the largest group of teleost fishes with about one third of extant
vertebrate species. In the course of its evolution this lineage experienced several episodes …

Classification of the tremendous diversity of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) began with the
designation of taxonomic groups on the basis of morphological similarity. Starting in the late …

Abstract The Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Maastrichtian) Chalk Group and Eocene
(Ypresian) London Clay Formation are two British marine deposits that yield globally …

Here, we review and discuss the records and taxonomy of the Ypresian (Eocene)
chondrichthyans from the famous Bolca Konservat-Lagerstätte in northeastern Italy. Despite …

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 …