Publications

Largest Silurian fish illuminates the origin of osteichthyan characters

Lu, Jing; Choo, Brian; Zhao, Wenjin; Zhu, You-an et al.

Part of Nature, p. 122-127, 2026

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Automated segmentation of synchrotron-scanned fossils

During, Melanie A. D.; Matelsky, Jordan K.; Gustafsson, Fredrik K.; Voeten, Dennis F. A. E. et al.

Part of Fossil Record, p. 103-114, 2025

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Lungfish-like antero-labial tooth addition and amphibian-like enameloid-enamel transition in the coronoid of a Devonian stem actinopterygian

Chen, Donglei

Part of Journal of Anatomy, p. 418-441, 2025

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Ancient vertebrate dermal armor evolved from trunk neural crest

Stundl, Jan; Martik, Megan L.; Chen, Donglei; Raja, Desingu Ayyappa et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023

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The selected deviation: the acquisition of in situ tooth replacement by creating a gap to fill

Chen, Donglei

Part of Odontodes, CRC Press, 2023

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Odontodes: The Developmental and Evolutionary Building Blocks of Dentitions

Chen, Donglei

CRC Press, 2023

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Preface

Chen, Donglei

Part of Odontodes, CRC Press, 2023

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Marginal dentition and multiple dermal jawbones as the ancestral condition of jawed vertebrates

Vaskaninova, Valeria; Chen, Dong Lei; Tafforeau, Paul; Johanson, Zerina et al.

Part of Science, p. 211-+, 2020

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

Chen, Donglei; Blom, Henning; Sanchez, Sophie; Tafforeau, Paul et al.

Part of eLIFE, 2020

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A partial lower jaw of a tetrapod from "Romer's Gap"

Chen, Dong Lei; Alavi, Yasaman; Brazeau, Martin D.; Blom, Henning et al.

Part of Earth and environmental science transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, p. 55-65, 2018

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Development of cyclic shedding teeth from semi-shedding teeth: the inner dental arcade of the stem osteichthyan Lophosteus 

Chen, Dong Lei; Blom, Henning; Sanchez, Sophie; Tafforeau, Paul et al.

Part of Royal Society Open Science, 2017

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The Origin of Tooth Replacement: Three-dimensional Synchrotron Histology Visualizes the Dental Development of Silurian Stem Osteichthyans

Chen, Donglei

2017

Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary

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The stem osteichthyan Andreolepis and the origin of tooth replacement

Chen, Donglei; Blom, Henning; Sanchez, Sophie; Tafforeau, Paul et al.

Part of Nature, p. 237-+, 2016

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Dental Development of the Stem Osteichthyan Andreolepis hedei Revealed by Three-dimensional Synchrotron Virtual Paleohistology

Chen, Donglei; Ahlberg, Per; Blom, Henning; Sanchez, Sophie

Part of Program and Abstracts, p. 103-103, 2013

Conference paper

Dental Development of the Stem Osteichthyan Andreolepis hedei Revealed by Three-dimensional Synchrotron Virtual Paleohistology

Chen, Donglei; Ahlberg, Per; Blom, Henning; Sanchez, Sophie

2013

Conference paper

Scale morphology and squamation of the Late Silurian osteichthyan Andreolepis from Gotland, Sweden

Chen, Donglei; Janvier, Philippe; Ahlberg, Per; Blom, Henning

Part of Historical Biology, p. 411-423, 2012

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Three-dimensional histology of tooth cushions of Lophosteus from the Upper Silurian of Estonia

Chen, Donglei; Blom, Henning; Ahlberg, Per; Sanchez, Sophie

Part of Abstracts, p. 5-6, 2011

Conference paper

Three-dimensional histology of tooth cushions of Lophosteus from the Late Silurian of Estonia

Chen, Donglei; Blom, Henning; Ahlberg, Per

Part of Program and Abstracts, p. 87-87, 2011

Conference paper

Scale morphology and squamation of Andreolepis from the Late Silurian of Gotland, Sweden

Chen, Donglei; Blom, Henning

Part of GFF, p. 60-61, 2011

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Affinities of Lophosteus and the origin of the osteichthyan body plan

Blom, Henning; Jerve, Anna; Qu, Qin Ming; Chen, Dong Lei et al.

2011

Conference paper

The affinity of Lophosteus and the evolution of osteichthyan characters

Blom, Henning; Jerve, Anna; Qu, Qinming; Chen, Dong Lei et al.

p. 12-13, 2011

Conference paper

The affinity of Lophosteus and the evolution of osteichthyan characters

Blom, Henning; Jerve, Anna; Qu, Qingming; Chen, Donglei et al.

p. 12-13, 2011

Conference paper

Scale morphology and squamation of Andreolepis from the Late Silurian of Gotland, Sweden

Chen, Donglei; Blom, Henning

p. 15-16, 2011

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A Partial Tetrapod Lower Jaw from “Romer’s Gap”

Chen, Donglei; Ahlberg, Per

Part of SVP 69th Annual Meeting and the 57th Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA), 2009

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