The number of published studies using geometric morphometrics (GM) for analysing
biological shape has increased steadily since the beginning of the 1990s, covering multiple …

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

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

Abstract† Pycnodontiformes was a successful lineage of primarily marine fishes that broadly
diversified during the Mesozoic. They possessed a wide variety of body shapes and were …

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 …

Red snapper fish is one of the most economically important marine fish groups in the world
with high morphological similarities. Currently, the taxonomy of snappers relies on external …

Over the last few years, the morphology, taxonomy and systematics of the cartilaginous fish
taxa of the two main sites of the Bolca Lagerstätte, Italy,(Pesciara and Monte Postale sites) …

The world-famous Eocene Konservat-Lagerstätte of Bolca, northern Italy, has been
celebrated since the 16th century for its exquisitely preserved fishes, which provide the …

The revision of the material from the Lower Triassic fossil-bearing-nodule levels from
northwestern Madagascar supports the assumption that the genus Perleidus De Alessandri …

Various factors may impact the processes of diversification of a clade. In the marine realm, it
has been shown that coral reef environments have promoted diversification in various fish …