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The origin and early phylogenetic history of jawed vertebrates

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Brazeau, Martin D., Friedman, Matt·2015·Nature
DOI 10.1038/nature14438PMC PMC4648279
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Fossils of early gnathostomes (or jawed vertebrates) have been the focus of study for nearly two centuries. They yield key clues about the evolutionary assembly of the group's common body plan, as well the divergence of the two living gnathostome lineages: the cartilaginous and bony vertebrates. A series of remarkable new palaeontological discoveries, analytical advances and innovative reinterpretations of existing fossil archives have fundamentally altered a decades-old consensus on the relationships of extinct gnathostomes, delivering a new evolutionary framework for exploring major questions that remain unanswered, including the origin of jaws.

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Authors
Brazeau, M. D., & Friedman, M.
Affiliations
  • Imperial College London (GB)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Brazeau, Martin D.
  • Friedman, Matt
ORCID
Venue
Nature
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2015-04-22
Volume
520
Issue
7548
Pages
490-497
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
DOI
10.1038/nature14438
PMC
PMC4648279
OpenAlex
W2030900050
Cited by
227
References
90
Citations by year
2026: 20 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 30 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 6
FWCI
2.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Keywords
jawed vertebrates, gnathostomes, phylogenetic relationships, fossil vertebrates, vertebrate evolution, body plan evolution
MeSH terms
Animals, Fossils, Jaw, Phylogeny, Vertebrates

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