The developmental relationship between teeth and dermal odontodes in the most primitive bony fish Lophosteus

The ontogenetic trajectory of a marginal jawbone of Lophosteus superbus (Late Silurian, 422 Million years old), the phylogenetically most basal stem osteichthyan, visualized by synchrotron microtomography, reveals a developmental relationship between teeth and dermal odontodes that is not evident fr...

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Main Authors: Donglei Chen, Henning Blom, Sophie Sanchez, Paul Tafforeau, Tiiu Märss, Per E Ahlberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2020-12-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/60985