2019 – Bristol Palaeobiology Research Group

Research contributions: top-rank journals (IF > 30) [1]

Dutel, H., Galland, M., Tafforeau, P., Long, J.A., Fagan, M.J., Janvier, P., Herrel, A., Santin, M.D., Clement, G. and Herbin, M. 2019. Neurocranial development of the coelacanth and the evolution of the sarcopterygian head. Nature 569, 556-559 (doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1117-3).

Research contributions: high-rank journals (IF > 9) [20]

Benton, M.J., Dhouailly, D., Jiang, B.Y., and McNamara, M. 2019. The early origin of feathers. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 34, 856-869 (doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2019.04.018).

Cai, C.Y., Clarke, D.J., Yin, Z.W., Fu, Y.Z. and Huang, D.Y. 2019. A specialized prey-capture apparatus in mid-Cretaceous rove beetles. Current Biology 29, R116-R117 (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.002).

Coudert, Y., Novák, O. and Harrison, C.J. 2019. A KNOX-cytokinin regulatory module predates the origin of indeterminate vascular plants. Current Biology 29, 2743-2750.e5 (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.083).

Donoghue, P.C.J. 2019. Evolution: the flowering of land plant evolution. Current Biology 29, R753-R756 (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.021).

Dunn, F.S. and Liu, A.G. 2019. Viewing the Ediacaran biota as a failed experiment is unhelpful. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3, 512-514 (doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0815-4).

Figueirido, B., Palmqvist, P., Perez-Claros, J.A. and Janis, C.M. 2019. Sixty-six million years along the road of mammalian ecomorphological specialization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 116, 12698-12703 (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1821825116).

Henehan, M.J., Ridgwell, A., Thomas, E., Zhang, S., Alegret, L., Schmidt, D.N., Rae, J.W.B., Witts, J.D., Landman, N.H., Greene, S.E., Huber, B.T., Super, J.R., Planavsky, N.J. and Hull, P.M. 2019. Rapid ocean acidification and protracted Earth system recovery followed the end-Cretaceous Chicxulub impact. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 116, 22500-22504 (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1905989116).

Isner, J.C., Olteanu, V.A., Hetherington, A.J., Coupel-Ledru, A., Sun, P., Pridgeon, A.J., Jones, G.S., Oates, M., Williams, T.A., Maathuis, F.J. M., Kift, R., Webb, A.R., Gough, J., Franklin, K.A. and Hetherington, A.M. 2019. Short- and long-term effects of UVA on Arabidopsis are mediated by a novel cGMP phosphodiesterase. Current Biology 29, 2580-2585.e4 (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.071).

Lowery, C.M. and Fraass, A.J. 2019. Morphospace expansion paces taxonomic diversification after end Cretaceous mass extinction. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3, 900-904 (doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0835-0).

Lozano-Fernandez, J., Tanner, A.R., Giacomelli, M., Carton, R., Vinther, J., Edgecombe, G.D. and Pisani, D. 2019. Increasing species sampling in chelicerate genomic-scale datasets provides support for monophyly of Acari and Arachnida. Nature Communications 10, art. 2295 (doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-10244-7).

Lozano-Fernandez, J., Tanner, A.R., Giacomelli, M., Carton, R., Vinther, J., Edgecombe, G.D. and Pisani, D. 2019. Increasing species sampling in chelicerate genomic-scale datasets provides support for monophyly of Acari and Arachnida (vol 10, pg 2295, 2019). Nature Communications 10, art. 4534 (doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12259-6).

Pett, W., Adamski, M., Adamska, M., Francis, W.R., Eitel, M., Pisani, D. and Worheide, G. 2019. The role of homology and orthology in the phylogenomic analysis of metazoan gene content. Molecular Biology and Evolution 36, 643-649 (doi: 10.1093/molbev/msz013).

Rasmussen, C.M.O., Kroger, B., Nielsen, M.L. and Colmenar, J. 2019. Cascading trend of Early Paleozoic marine radiations paused by Late Ordovician extinctions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 116, 7207-7213 (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1821123116).

Simões, B.F., Foley, N.M., Hughes, G.M., Zhao, H.B., Zhang, S.Y., Rossiter, S.J., and Teeling, E.C. 2018. As blind as a bat? Opsin phylogenetics illuminates the evolution of color vision in bats. Molecular Biology and Evolution 36, 54-68 (doi: 10.1093/molbev/msy192).

Vinther, J. and Parry. L.A. 2019. Bilateral jaw elements in Amiskwia sagittiformis bridge the morphological gap between gnathiferans and chaetognaths. Current Biology 29, 881-888.e1 (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.052).

Wood, R., Liu, A.G., Bowyer, F., Wilby, P.R., Dunn, F.S., Kenchington, C.G., Cuthill, J.F.H., Mitchell, E.G. and Penny, A. 2019. Integrated records of environmental change and evolution challenge the Cambrian Explosion. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3, 528-538 (doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0821-6).

Yang, Z.X., Jiang, B.Y., McNamara, M.E., Kearns, S.L., Pittman, M., Kaye, T.G., Orr, P.J., Xu, X., and Benton, M.J. 2019. Pterosaur integumentary structures with complex feather-like branching. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3, 24-30 (doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0728-7).

Yin, Z., Vargas, K.M., Cunningham, J.A., Bengtson, S., Zhu, M., Marone, F. and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2019. The early Ediacaran Caveasphaera foreshadows the evolutionary origin of animal-like embryology. Current Biology 29, 4307-4314.e2 (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.10.057).

Yu, T.T., Kelly, R., Mu, L., Ross, A., Kennedy, J., Broly, P., Xia, F.Y., Zhang, H.C., Wang, B. and Dilcher, D. 2019. An ammonite trapped in Burmese amber. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 116, 11345-11350 (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1821292116).

Zhao, Y., Vinther, J., Parry, L.A., Wei, F., Green, E., Pisani, D., Hou, X.G., Edgecombe, G.D. and Cong, P.Y. 2019. Cambrian sessile, suspension feeding stem-group ctenophores and evolution of the comb jelly body plan. Current Biology 29, 1112-1125.e2 (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.036).

Research contributions: others [124]

Adams, H.R., Krewson, C., Vardanega, J.E., Fujii, S., Moreno, T., Chicano, Sambongi, Y., Svistunenko, D., Paps, J., Andrew, C.R. and Hough, M.A. 21 2019. One fold, two functions: cytochrome P460 and cytochrome: C′-β From the methanotroph Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath). Chemical Science 10, 3031-3041 (doi: 10.1039/c8sc05210g).

Adams, N.F., Rayfield, E.J., Cox, P.G., Cobb, S.N. and Corfe, I.J. 2019. Functional tests of the competitive exclusion hypothesis for multituberculate extinction. Royal Society Open Science 6, art. 181536 (doi: 10.1098/rsos.181536).

Allen, B.J., Stubbs, T.L., Benton, M.J., and Puttick, M.N. 2019. Archosauromorph extinction selectivity during the Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction. Palaeontology 62, 211-224 (doi: 10.1111/pala.12399).

Atkinson, J.W., Wignall, P.B., Morton, J.D. and Aze, T. 2019. Body size changes in bivalves of the family Limidae in the aftermath of the end-Triassic mass extinction: the Brobdingnag effect. Palaeontology 62, 561-582 (doi: 10.1111/pala.12415).

Babarovic, F., Puttick, M.N., Zaher, M., Learmonth, E., Gallimore, E.J., Smithwick, F.M., Mayr, G. and Vinther, J. 2019. Characterization of melanosomes involved in the production of non-iridescent structural feather colours and their detection in the fossil record. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 16, art. 20180921 (doi: 10.1098/rsif.2018.0921).

Badger, M.P.S., Chalk, T.B., Foster, G.L., Bown, P.R., Gibbs, S.J., Sexton, P.F., Schmidt, D.N., Pälike, H., Mackensen, A. and Pancost, R.D. 2019. Insensitivity of alkenone carbon isotopes to atmospheric CO₂ at low to moderate CO₂ levels. Climates Past 15, 539-554 (doi: 10.5194/cp-15-539-2019).

Ballell, A., Moon, B.C., Porro, L.B., Benton, M.J., and Rayfield, E.J. 2019. Convergence and functional evolution of longirostry in crocodylomorphs. Palaeontology 62, 867-887 (doi: 10.1111/pala.12432).

Balter, V., Martin, J.E., Tacail, T., Suan, G., Renaud, S. and Girard, C. 2019. Calcium stable isotopes place Devonian conodonts as first level consumers. Geochemical Perspectives Letters 10, 36-39 (doi: 10.7185/geochemlet.1912).

Barido-Sottani, J., Pett, W., O’Reilly, J.E. and Warnock, R.C.M. 2019. FossilSim: An R package for simulating fossil occurrence data under mechanistic models of preservation and recovery. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 10, 835-840 (doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13170).

Benavides, E., Kuethe, J.R., Ortiz-Alcaraz, A. and León De La Luz, J.L. 2019. Oenothera resicum (Onagraceae), a new species and the first record of the family from the Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico. Phytotaxa 416(1), 59-66 (doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.416.1.7).

Benton, M.J. 2019. Archibald Geikie and the Elgin reptiles. In Betterton, J., Craig, J., Mendum, J.R., Neller, R., and Tanner, J. (eds) Aspects of the Life and Works of Archibald Geikie. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 480, 353-359 (doi: 10.1144/SP480.4).

Bernardi, M. and Carnevale, G. 2019. The Italian geo-palaeontological record of major turnovers in the history of life. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 58, 1-3 (doi: 10.4435/BSPI.2019.09).

Boxshall, G.A., O’Reilly, M., Sikorski, A. and Summerfield, R. 2019. Mesoparasitic copepods (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) associated with polychaete worms in European seas. Zootaxa 4579, 1-69 (doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4579.1.1).

Bright, J.A., Marugan-Lobon, J., Rayfield, E.J. and Cobb, S.N. 2019. The multifactorial nature of beak and skull shape evolution in parrots and cockatoos (Psittaciformes). BMC Evolutionary Biology 19, art. 104 (doi: 10.1186/s12862-019-1432-1).

Brocklehurst, R., Porro, L., Herrel, A., Adriaens, D. and Rayfield, E.J. 2019. A digital dissection of two teleost fishes: comparative functional anatomy of the cranial musculoskeletal system in pike (Esox lucius) and eel (Anguilla anguilla). Journal of Anatomy 235, 189-204 (doi: 10.1111/joa.13007).

Buffetaut, E., Audibert, C., Tabouelle, J. and Angst, D.. 2019. Useful old casts: a comment on Hansford & Turvey (2018), ‘Unexpected diversity within the extinct elephant birds (Aves: Aepyornithidae)’. Royal Society Open Science 6, art. 181826 (doi: 10.1098/rsos.181826).

Bullar, C.M., Zhao, Q., Benton, M.J., and Ryan, M.J. 2019. Ontogenetic braincase development in Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) using micro-computed tomography. PeerJ 7, e7217 (doi: 10.7717/peerj.7217).

Cai, C.Y. and Huang, D. 2019. First boganiine beetle in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Boganiidae). Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 130, 81-86 (doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2018.09.004).

Cai, C.Y., Lawrence, J.F., Yamamoto, S., Leschen, R.A.B., Newton, A.F., Slipinski, A., Yin, Z.W., Huang, D.Y. and Engel, M.S. 2019. Basal polyphagan beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar: biogeographic implications and long-term morphological stasis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286, art. 20182175 (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2175).

Cai, C.Y., Wang, Y.L., Liang, L., Yin, Z.W., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F.and Zhou, Y.L. 2019. Congruence of morphological and molecular phylogenies of the rove beetle subfamily Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Scientific Reports 9, art. 15137 (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51408-1).

Cartanyà, J., Fortuny, J., Bolet, A., and Garcia-Artigas, R. 2019. Moradebrichthys vilasecae gen. et sp. nov., a new perleidid (Actinopterygii: Osteichthyes) from the Middle Triassic of Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 292, 171-190 (doi: 10.1127/njgpa/2019/0816).

Cawley, J.J., Kriwet, J., Klug, S., and Benton, M.J. 2019. The stem group teleost Pachycormus (Pachycormiformes: Pachycormidae) from the Upper Lias (Lower Jurassic) of Strawberry Bank, UK. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 93, 285-302 (doi: 10.1007/s12542-018-0431-7).

Chambi-Trowell, S.A.V., Whiteside, D.I. and Benton, M.J. 2019. Diversity in rhynchocephalian Clevosaurus skulls based on CT reconstruction of C. hudsoni and C. cambrica. Acta Palaeontologia Polonica 64, 41-64 (doi: 10.4202/app.00569.2018).

Chu, D.L., Tong, J.N., Benton, M.J., Yu, J.X., and Huang, Y.F. 2019. Mixed continental-marine biotas following the Permian-Triassic mass extinction in South and North China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 519, 95-107 (doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.10.028).

Clark, J.W., Puttick, M.N. and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2019. Origin of horsetails and the role of whole genome duplication in macroevolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286, 20191662 (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.1662).

Coleman, G.A., Pancost, R.D. and Williams, T.A. 2019. Investigating the origins of membrane phospholipid biosynthesis genes using outgroup-free rooting. Genome Biology and Evolution 11, 883-898 (doi: 10.1093/gbe/evz034).

Coram, R.A., Radley, J.D., and Benton, M.J. 2019. The Middle Triassic (Anisian) Otter Sandstone biota (Devon, UK): review, recent discoveries and ways ahead. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 130, 294-306 (doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2017.06.007).

Cotton, L.J., Wright, V.P., Barnett, A. and Renema, W. 2019. Larger benthic Foraminifera from the Panna and Mukta fields offshore India: paleobiogeographical implications. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 49, 243-258 (doi: 10.2113/gsjfr.49.3.243).

Crowe-Riddell, J.M., Simoes, B.F., Partridge, J.C., Hunt, D.M., Delean, S., Schwerdt, J.G., Breen, J., Ludington, A., Gower, D.J. and Sanders, K.L. 2019. Phototactic tails: Evolution and molecular basis of a novel sensory trait in sea snakes. Molecular Ecology 28, 2013-2028 (doi: 10.1111/mec.15022).

Cruzado-Caballero, P., Castillo Ruiz, C., Bolet, A., Colmenero, J.R., De la Nuez, J., Casillas, R., Llacer, S., Bernardini, F. and Fortuny, J. 2019. First nearly complete skull of Gallotia auaritae (lower-middle Pleistocene, Squamata, Gallotiinae) and a morphological phylogenetic analysis of the genus Gallotia. Scientific Reports 9, art. 16629 (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-52244-z).

Dennis, R.J., Whitewoods, C.D. and Harrison, C.J. 2019. Quantitative methods in like-for-like comparative analyses of Aphanorrhegma (Physcomitrella) patens phyllid development. Journal of Bryology 41, 314-321 (doi: 10.1080/03736687.2019.1668109).

de Sousa, F., Foster, P.G., Donoghue, P.C.J., Schneider, H., and Cox, C.J. 2019. Nuclear protein phylogenies support the monophyly of the three bryophyte groups (Bryophyta Schimp.). New Phytologist 222, 565-575 (doi: 10.1111/nph.15587).

Dhanda, R., Murdock, D.J., Repetski, J.E., Donoghue, P.C.J. and Smith, M.P. 2019. The apparatus composition and architecture of Erismodus quadridactylus and the implications for element homology in prioniodinin conodonts. Papers in Palaeontology 5, 657-677 (doi: 10.1002/spp2.1257).

Doeland, M., Couzens, A., Donoghue, P.C.J. and Rücklin, M. 2019. Tooth replacement in early sarcopterygians. Royal Society Open Science 6, 191173 (doi: 10.1098/rsos.191173).

Dombrowski, N., Lee, J.-H., Williams, T.A., Offre, P. and Spang, A. 2019. Genomic diversity, lifestyles and evolutionary origins of DPANN archaea. FEMS Microbiology Letters 366, art. fnz008 (doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnz008).

Driscoll, D.A., Dunhill, A.M., Stubbs, T.L. and Benton, M.J. 2019. The mosasaur fossil record through the lens of fossil completeness. Palaeontology 62, 51-75 (doi: 10.1111/pala.12381).

Dunn, F.S., Liu, A.G. and Gehling, J.G. 2019. Anatomical and ontogenetic reassessment of the Ediacaran frond Arborea arborea and its placement within total group Eumetazoa. Palaeontology 62, 851-865 (doi: 10.1111/pala.12431).

Dunn, F.S., Wilby, P.R., Kenchington, C.G., Grazhdankin, D.V., Donoghue, P.C.J., and Liu, A.G. 2019. Anatomy of the Ediacaran rangeomorph Charnia masoni. Papers in Palaeontology 5, 157-176 (doi: 10.1002/spp2.1234).

Feng, X.Q., Chen, Z.-Q., Benton, M.J., Wu, S.Q., Bottjer, D.J., and Thompson, J.R. 2019. A diverse trackway-dominated marine ichnoassemblage from the Lower Triassic in the northern Paleotethys: ichnology and implications for biotic recovery. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 519, 124-140 (doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.11.059).

Ferrón, H.G. 2019. Evidence of endothermy in the extinct macropredatory osteichthyan Xiphactinus audax (Teleostei, Ichthyodectiformes). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39, e1724123 (doi: 10.1080/02724634.2019.1724123).

Flannery Sutherland, J., Moon, B.C., Stubbs, T.L., and Benton, M.J. 2019. Does exceptional preservation distort our view of disparity in the fossil record? Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286, 20190091 (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0091).

Fraass, A.J., Leckie, R.M., Lowery, C.M. and DeConto, R. 2019. Precision in biostratigraphy: evidence for a temporary flow reversal in the Central American Seaway during or after the Oligocene-Miocene transition. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 49, 357-366 (doi: 10.2113/gsjfr.49.4.357).

Gai, Z.K. Zhu, M. and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2019. The circulatory system of Galeaspida (Vertebrata; stem-Gnathostomata) revealed by synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy. Palaeoworld 28, 441-460 (doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2019.04.005).

Goodwin, C.E., Berman, J. and Hendry, K.R. 2019. Demosponges from the sublittoral and shallow-circalittoral (< 24m depth) Antarctic Peninsula with a description of four new species and notes on in situ identification characteristics. Zootaxa 4658, 461-508 (doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.3.3).

Gower, D.J., Sampaio, F.L., Peichl, L., Wagner, H.J., Loew, E.R., Mclamb, W., Douglas, R.H., Orlov, N., Grace, M.S., Hart, N.S., Hunt, D.M., Partridge, J.C. and Simoes, B.F. 2019. Evolution of the eyes of vipers with and without infrared-sensing pit organs. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 126, 796-823 (doi: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz003).

Greene, S.E., Ridgwell, A., Turner, S.K., Schmidt, D.N., Palike, H., Thomas, E., Greene, L.K. and Hoogakker, A.A. 2019. Early Cenozoic decoupling of climate and carbonate compensation depth trends. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 34, 930-945 (doi: 10.1029/2019PA003601).

Grigoratou, M., Monteiro, F.M., Schmidt, D.N., Wilson, J.D., Ward, B.A. and Ridgwell, A. 2019. A trait-based modelling approach to planktonic foraminifera ecology. Biogeosciences 16, 1469-1492 (doi: 10.5194/bg-16-1469-2019).

Gutarra, S., Moon, B.C., Rahman, I.A., Palmer, C., Lautenschlager, S., Brimacombe, A.J. and Benton, M.J. 2019. Effects of body plan evolution on the hydrodynamic drag and energy requirements of swimming in ichthyosaurs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286: 20182786 (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2786).

Hach, M., Parandavar, M., Mosaddegh, H. and Sarkar, S. 2019. Nummulitids of the shallow-marine middle Eocene limestones from the central Iran region: taxonomic and biostratigraphic implications. Micropalaeontology 65, 285-300.

Hadi, M., Parandavar, M., Mosaddegh, H. and Sarkar, S. 2019. Nummulitids of the shallow-marine middle Eocene limestones from the central Iran region: taxonomic and biostratigraphic implications. Micropaleontology 65, 285-300.

Han, Z., Wang, J., Zhao, H., Tucker, M.E., Zhao, Y., Wu, G.; Zhou, J., Yin, J., Zhang, H., Zhang, X. and Yan, H. 2019. Mechanism of biomineralization induced by Bacillus subtilis J2 and characteristics of the biominerals. Minerals 9, art. 218 (doi: 10.3390/min9040218).

Hendry, K.R., Cassarino, L., Bates, S.L., Culwick, T., Frost, M., Goodwin, C. and Howell, K.L. 2019. Silicon isotopic systematics of deep-sea sponge grounds in the North Atlantic. Quaternary Science Reviews 210, 1-14 (doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.02.017).

Henton, E., Roe, J., Martin, L., Garrard, A., Boles, O., Lewis, J., Thirlwall, M. and Jourdon, A.L. 2019. Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic gazelle hunting in the Badia of north-east Jordan. Reconstruction of seasonal movements of herds by stable isotope and dental microwear analyses. Levant 50, 127-172 (doi: 10.1080/00758914.2019.1598764).

Herrera-Flores, J., Stubbs, T.L., and Benton, M.J. 2019. Reply to comments on: Macroevolutionary patterns in Rhynchocephalia: is the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) a living fossil? Palaeontology 62, 335-338 (doi: 10.1111/pala.12404).

Hillier, R.D., Marriott, S.B., Higgs, K.T. and Howells, S. 2019. Catchment inversion during the Silurian of SW Wales: pediment plains, embryonic drainage networks and incised valley fills in a dryland range front alluvial system. Sedimentary Geology 387, 126-151 (doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2019.04.007).

Howard, R.J., Edgecombe, G.D., Legg, D.A., Pisani, D., and Lozano-Fernandez, J. 2019. Exploring the evolution and terrestrialization of scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones) with rocks and clocks. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 19, 71-86 (doi: 10.1007/s13127-019-00390-7).

Huang, J.Y., Hu, S.X., Zhang, Q.Y., Donoghue, P.C.J., Benton, M.J., Zhou, C.Y., Martínez-Pérez, C., Wen, W., Xie, T., Chen, Z.-Q., Luo, M., Yao, H.Z., and Zhang, K.X. 2019. Gondolelloid multielement conodont apparatus (Nicoraella) from the middle Triassic of Yunnan Province, southwestern China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 522, 98-110 (doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.07.015).

Huang, J.Y., Martínez-Pérez, C., Hu, S.X., Donoghue, P.C.J., Zhang, Q.Y., Zhou, C.Y., Wen, W., Benton, M.J., Luo, M., Yao, H.Z., and Zhang, K.X. 2019. Middle Triassic conodont apparatus architecture revealed by synchrotron X-ray microtomography. Palaeoworld 28, 429-440 (doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2018.08.003).

Huang, J.Y., Martínez-Pérez, C., Hu, S.X., Zhang, Q.Y., Zhang, K.X., Zhou, C.Y., Wen, W., Xie, T., Benton, M.J., Chen, Z.-Q., Luo, M., and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2019. Apparatus architecture of the conodont Nicoraella kockeli (Gondelelloidea, Prioniodinina) constrains functional interpretations. Palaeontology 62, 823-835 (doi: 10.1111/pala.12429).

Jäger, K.R.K., Gill, P.G., Corfe, I. and Martin, T. 2019. Occlusion and dental function of Morganucodon and Megazostrodon. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39, art. e1635135 (doi: 10.1080/02724634.2019.1635135).

Janis, C.M. and Bernor, R.L. 2019. The evolution of equid monodactyly: a review including a new hypothesis. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7, art. 119 (doi: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00119).

Landon, E.N.U., Liu, P.J. Yin, Z.J., Sun, W.C., Shang, X.D. and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2019 Cellular preservation of excysting developmental stages of new eukaryotes from the early Ediacaran Weng’an Biota. Palaeoworld 28, 461-468 (doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2019.05.005).

Li, Y.D., Liu, Z.H., Jarzembowski, E.A., Yin, Z.W., Huang, D.Y. and Cai, C.Y.. 2019. Early evolution of Cupedidae revealed by a mid-Cretaceous reticulated beetle from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Archostemata). Systematic Entomology 44, 777-786 (doi: 10.1111/syen.12355).

Liston, J.J., Maltese, A.E., Lambers, P.H., Delsate, D., Harcourt-Smith, W.E.H. and van Heteren, A.H. 2019. Scythes, sickles and other blades: defining the diversity of pectoral fin morphotypes in Pachycormiformes. PeerJ 7, art. e7675 (doi: 10.7717/peerj.7675).

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