Bony-fish-like scales in a Silurian maxillate placoderm

Abstract Major groups of jawed vertebrates exhibit contrasting conditions of dermal plates and scales. But the transition between these conditions remains unclear due to rare information on taxa occupying key phylogenetic positions. The 425-million-year-old fish Entelognathus combines an unusual mos...

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Main Authors: Xindong Cui, Matt Friedman, Yilun Yu, You-an Zhu, Min Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43557-9