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 …

Revision of the pachycormid fish Saurostomus esocinus Agassiz from the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) of Europe, with new insight into the origins of suspension‐feeding …

SLA Cooper, EE Maxwell - Papers in Palaeontology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Early Jurassic Posidonienschiefer Formation in south‐west Germany
(Toarcian) records the first appearance of the stem‐teleost group Pachycormidae in the …

Jurassic to Cretaceous (upper Kimmeridgian–? lower Berriasian) calcispheres from high palaeolatitudes on the Antarctic Peninsula: Local stratigraphic significance …

DA Kietzmann, RA Scasso - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract We report Upper Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous (Kimmeridgian-Berriasian)
calcispheres from the Ameghino (Nordenskjöld) Formation at high palaeolatitudes on the …

Bioerosive traces in fossil penguin bones (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Eocene of Marambio/Seymour Island (West Antarctica)

F Irazoqui, C Acosta Hospitaleche - Historical Biology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
We examined a set of penguin bones from different Eocene levels of the Submeseta
Formation in Marambio/Seymour Island (James Ross Basin, Antarctic Peninsula) and found …

An unusually large 'suspension-feeding' fish from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of Dorset: the first true record of Asthenocormus (Pachycormiformes …

SLA Cooper, EE Maxwell, DM Martill - PalZ, 2024 - Springer
A partial caudal fin of a large-bodied asthenocormine pachycormiform (Pachycormiformes:
Pachycormidae: Asthenocorminae) is described from the Upper Jurassic (lower Tithonian) …

Biodeterioration of Antarctic fossil penguin bones caused by lichens from the Eocene La Meseta Formation

R García, C Acosta Hospitaleche, G Márquez - Polar Biology, 2021 - Springer
A large part of the Antarctic surface is covered by lichens since they can withstand extreme
environmental conditions. Lichens are primary colonizers and contribute to soil formation by …

Cranial osteology of the Middle Jurassic (Callovian) Martillichthys renwickae (Neopterygii, Pachycormiformes) with comments on the evolution and ecology of …

C Dobson, S Giles, Z Johanson, J Liston… - Papers in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Our understanding of the ecology and phylogenetic relationships of Pachycormiformes, a
group of Mesozoic stem teleosts including the iconic Leedsichthys, has often been hindered …

Richness of lichens growing on Eocene fossil penguin remains from Antarctica

R García, G Márquez, C Acosta Hospitaleche - Polar Biology, 2020 - Springer
Antarctica presents one of the most severe environmental conditions for life. Under these
circumstances, cryptogams are the dominant photosynthetic organisms, among which we …

Bridging the southern gap: First definitive evidence of Late Jurassic ichthyosaurs from Antarctica and their dispersion routes

L Campos, MS Fernández, Y Herrera, M Talevi… - Journal of South …, 2021 - Elsevier
New ichthyosaur remains from the Upper Jurassic of Antarctica, recovered from the
Ameghino (= Nordenskjöld) Formation are described. These three new specimens represent …

Neoichnology of endolithic lichens: an update on the traces produced in fossil bones and teeth

C Acosta Hospitaleche, R García, LM Pérez… - Historical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The present contribution is motivated by the frequent occurrence of traces generated by
lichens on the fossil record, the usual and erroneous attribution of them to plant roots, and …