Vertebrates use the phosphate mineral apatite in their skeletons, which allowed them to
develop tissues such as enamel, characterized by an outstanding combination of hardness …

Conodonts were a highly diverse and abundant vertebrate group whose fossils are found in
marine Paleozoic and Triassic strata around the world. They inhabited environments …

Conodont elements composed of protein-apatite nanocomposites are considered a
promising geochemical archive due to their high resistivity to weathering and diagenetic …

To help understand bioapatite microstructures and related chemical variations, their impact
on O‐isotope compositions measured and give insights on sample preparation, this study …

I explored the fossil record of the Dasbergina marburgensis→ Dasbergina trigonica lineage
in Kowala, situated in the Holy Cross Mountains of central Poland. Through biometrical …

Ostracod (Crustacea) fossils can only be determined by observation of the carapace and for
this they have to be extracted from the rocks. Generally, in Late Palaeozoic rocks, these …

Conodonts are a group of extinct jawless early vertebrates. They have one of the most
abundant and temporally well resolved fossil records, spanning over 300 million years …

Paraconodonts represent the earliest candidate vertebrate feeding structures in the fossil
record. However, critical questions regarding individual element growth and function, and …