Publications

The braincase anatomy of Simosaurus gaillardoti (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) revealed with X-ray micro-computed tomography

London, Elisa H.; Voeten, Dennis F. A. E.; Blom, Henning; Scheyer, Torsten M.

Part of PeerJ, 2025

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A decade of vertebrate palaeontology research: global taxa distribution, gender dynamics and evolving methodologies

Wang, Haohan; Sterli, Juliana; Dupret, Vincent; Blom, Henning et al.

Part of Royal Society Open Science, 2025

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Evolving trends in vertebrate palaeontology (2013–2022): a bibliometric analysis using DeepBone and Web of Science databases

Wang, Haohan; Han, Daoming; Blom, Henning; Dupret, Vincent et al.

Part of Historical Biology, p. 778-791, 2025

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• DOI for Evolving trends in vertebrate palaeontology (2013–2022): a bibliometric analysis using DeepBone and Web of Science databases
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Thelodont scales from the Lower Devonian of Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Arctic Russia.

Blom, Henning; Vaskaninova, Valeria; Karatajūtė-Talimaa, Valentina; Zigaite, Zivile

Part of Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, p. 9-14, 2023

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• DOI for Thelodont scales from the Lower Devonian of Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Arctic Russia.

Exploring the three-dimensional vasculature of dermal hard tissues in thyestiid osteostracans using synchrotron radiation microtomography

Bremer, Oskar; Qu, Qingming; Sanchez, Sophie; Maerss, Tiiu et al.

Part of Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2022

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• DOI for Exploring the three-dimensional vasculature of dermal hard tissues in thyestiid osteostracans using synchrotron radiation microtomography

Coprolite diversity reveals a cryptic ecosystem in an early Tournaisian lake in East Greenland: Implications for ecosystem recovery after the end-Devonian extinctio

Byrne, Hannah; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Blom, Henning; Kear, Benjamin P. et al.

Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2022

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• DOI for Coprolite diversity reveals a cryptic ecosystem in an early Tournaisian lake in East Greenland: Implications for ecosystem recovery after the end-Devonian extinctio
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Revision of thelodonts, acanthodians, conodonts, and the depositional environments in the Burgen outlier (Ludlow, Silurian) of Gotland, Sweden

Jarochowska, Emilia; Bremer, Oskar; Yiu, Alexandra; Märss, Tiiu et al.

Part of GFF, p. 168-189, 2021

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• DOI for Revision of thelodonts, acanthodians, conodonts, and the depositional environments in the Burgen outlier (Ludlow, Silurian) of Gotland, Sweden

Tooth morphology elucidates shark evolution across the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

Bazzi, Mohamad; Campione, Nicolas E.; Ahlberg, Per; Blom, Henning et al.

Part of PLoS biology, 2021

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The emergence of a complex pore-canal system in the dermal skeleton of Tremataspis (Osteostraci)

Bremer, Oskar; Qu, Qingming; Sanchez, Sophie; Märss, Tiiu et al.

Part of Journal of morphology, p. 1141-1157, 2021

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

Trace and rare earth element compositions of Silurian conodonts from the Vesiku Bone Bed: Histological and palaeoenvironmental implications

Zigaite, Zivile; Qvarnström, Martin; Bancroft, Alyssa; Perez-Huerta, Alberto et al.

Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2020

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• DOI for Trace and rare earth element compositions of Silurian conodonts from the Vesiku Bone Bed: Histological and palaeoenvironmental implications

Silurian vertebrate remains from the Oslo Region, Norway, and their implications for regional biostratigraphy

Bremer, Oskar; Turner, Susan; Marss, Tiiu; Blom, Henning

Part of Norwegian Journal of Geology, p. 129-155, 2019

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• DOI for Silurian vertebrate remains from the Oslo Region, Norway, and their implications for regional biostratigraphy
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Andrée Land of Spitsbergen: Devonian vertebrate diversity and palaeoenvironments

Zigaite, Zivile; Pérez-Huerta, Alberto; Fadel, Alexander; Jeffries, Teresa et al.

2018

Conference paper

Three-dimensional virtual histology of the osteostracan Dartmuthia revealed by synchrotron radiation microtomography

Bremer, Oskar; Blom, Henning

2018

Conference paper

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

Static Dental Disparity and Morphological Turnover in Sharks across the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction

Bazzi, Mohamad; Kear, Benjamin P.; Blom, Henning; Ahlberg, Per et al.

Part of Current Biology, p. 2607-2615, 2018

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Earliest Triassic metazoan bioconstructions from East Greenland reveal a pioneering benthic community in the immediate aftermath of the end-Permian mass extinction

Zaton, Michal; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Rakocinski, Michal; Blom, Henning et al.

Part of Global and Planetary Change, p. 87-98, 2018

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• DOI for Earliest Triassic metazoan bioconstructions from East Greenland reveal a pioneering benthic community in the immediate aftermath of the end-Permian mass extinction

Vertebrate microremains from the upper Silurian Winnica Formation of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland

Bremer, Oskar; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Blom, Henning; Dec, Marek et al.

Part of Geological Magazine, p. 1523-1541, 2018

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• DOI for Vertebrate microremains from the upper Silurian Winnica Formation of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland

Vertebrate microremains from the upper Silurian Winnica Formation of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland

Bremer, Oskar; Niedźwiedzki, Grzegorz; Blom, Henning; Dec, Marek et al.

2017

Conference paper

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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• DOI for Development of cyclic shedding teeth from semi-shedding teeth: the inner dental arcade of the stem osteichthyan Lophosteus 
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The origin of novel features by changes in developmental mechanisms: ontogeny and three-dimensional microanatomy of polyodontode scales of two early osteichthyans

Qu, Qingming; Sanchez, Sophie; Zhu, Min; Blom, Henning et al.

Part of Biological Reviews, p. 1189-1212, 2017

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• DOI for The origin of novel features by changes in developmental mechanisms: ontogeny and three-dimensional microanatomy of polyodontode scales of two early osteichthyans

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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Boreal earliest Triassic biotas elucidate globally depauperate hard substrate communities after the end-Permian mass extinction

Zaton, Michal; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Blom, Henning; Kear, Benjamin P.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2016

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Resolution of the Early Jurassic actinopterygian fish Pachycormus and a dispersal hypothesis for Pachycormiformes

Wretman, Lovisa; Blom, Henning; Kear, Benjamin P.

Part of Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2016

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• DOI for Resolution of the Early Jurassic actinopterygian fish Pachycormus and a dispersal hypothesis for Pachycormiformes

Three-dimensional paleohistology of the scale and median fin spine of Lophosteus superbus (Pander 1856)

Jerve, Anna; Qu, Qingming; Sanchez, Sophie; Blom, Henning et al.

Part of PeerJ, 2016

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• DOI for Three-dimensional paleohistology of the scale and median fin spine of Lophosteus superbus (Pander 1856)
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Early Frasnian thelodont scales from central Iran and their implications for turiniid taxonomy, systematics and distribution

Hairapetian, Vachik; Blom, Henning; Turner, Susan

Part of Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2016

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• DOI for Early Frasnian thelodont scales from central Iran and their implications for turiniid taxonomy, systematics and distribution

Palaeoenvironmental signatures revealed from the Silurian dental apatite : rare earth element and stable isotope record

Zigaite, Zivile; Pérez-Huerta, Alberto; Jeffries, Teresa; Joachimski, Michael M. et al.

2015

Conference paper

Biostratigraphy of Silurian vertebrates from Gotland, Sweden, revisited: understanding spatial and temporal distributions

Bremer, Oskar; Blom, Henning

Part of Abstract volume of the 13th International symposium on Early and Lower Vertebrates, 2015

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Did ‘Devonian’ fish become extinct at the D-C boundary

Marshall, John; Blom, Henning; Olive, Sebastien; Finney, Sarah

Part of 2nd International Congress on Stratigraphy, STRATI 2015,19. - 23. July 2015, Graz, Austria, p. 239-239, 2015

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Rare earth elements (REEs) in vertebrate microremains from the upper Pridoli Ohesaare beds of Saaremaa Island, Estonia: geochemical clues to palaeoenvironment

Zigaite, Zivile; Fadel, Alexandre; Blom, Henning; Perez-Huerta, Alberto et al.

Part of Estonian journal of earth sciences, p. 115-120, 2015

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• DOI for Rare earth elements (REEs) in vertebrate microremains from the upper Pridoli Ohesaare beds of Saaremaa Island, Estonia: geochemical clues to palaeoenvironment

An updated stratigraphic and environmental framework for the distribution of Silurian vertebrates on Gotland

Bremer, Oskar; Blom, Henning

Part of Estonian journal of earth sciences, p. 13-18, 2015

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• DOI for An updated stratigraphic and environmental framework for the distribution of Silurian vertebrates on Gotland

Palaeoenvironmental signatures revealed from rare earth element (REE) compositions of vertebrate microremains of the Vesiku Bone Bed (Homerian, Wenlock), Saaremaa Island, Estonia

Fadel, Alexandre; Zigaite, Zivile; Blom, Henning; Perez-Huerta, Alberto et al.

Part of Estonian journal of earth sciences, p. 36-41, 2015

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• DOI for Palaeoenvironmental signatures revealed from rare earth element (REE) compositions of vertebrate microremains of the Vesiku Bone Bed (Homerian, Wenlock), Saaremaa Island, Estonia

Three-dimensional virtual histology of silurian osteostracan scales revealed by synchrotron radiation microtomography

Qu, Qingming; Blom, Henning; Sanchez, Sophie; Ahlberg, Per

Part of Journal of morphology, p. 873-888, 2015

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• DOI for Three-dimensional virtual histology of silurian osteostracan scales revealed by synchrotron radiation microtomography

The origin of novel features by changes in developmental mechanisms: a 3D virtual paleohistology study on polyodontode scales of primitive osteichthyans

Qu, Qingming; Sanchez, Sophie; Zhu, Min; Blom, Henning et al.

2015

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Oxygen isotope records in fossil bioapatite reveal sothern high-latitude low-temperature environment during the Early Cretaceous

Zigaite, Zivile; Kear, Benjamin; Tütken, Thomas; Whitehouse, Martin et al.

Part of Résumés dela 24e Réunion des Sciences de la Terre Abstracts, p. 257-257, 2014

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Rare earth and trace elements of fossil bioapatite as palaeoenvironmental proxies: the Lower Devonian of the Andree Land, Svalbard

Zigaite, Zivile; Fadel, Alexandre; Perez-Huerta, Alberto; Jeffries, Teresa et al.

Part of Résumés dela 24eRéunion des Sciences de la Terre Abstracts, p. 481-481, 2014

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Biodiversity of the Silurian osteostracans of the East Baltic

Märss, T.; Afanassieva, O.; Blom, Henning

Part of Earth and environmental science transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, p. 73-148, 2014

Article, review/survey

• DOI for Biodiversity of the Silurian osteostracans of the East Baltic

Vertebrate microfossils as tool in stratigraphy: a study of the Lower Devonian Andree Land Group, Spitsbergen

Zigaite, Zivile; Blom, Henning; Perez-Huerta, Alberto; Goujet, Daniel

Part of STRATI 2013, p. 1167-1171, 2014

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• DOI for Vertebrate microfossils as tool in stratigraphy: a study of the Lower Devonian Andree Land Group, Spitsbergen

Rare earth and trace elements in fossil vertebrate biomineral as indicators of palaeoecology and palaeoenvironment

Zigaite, Zivile; Fadel, Alexandre; Blom, Henning; Perez-Huerta, Alberto et al.

Part of 4th Annual Meeting of IGCP 591 The Early to Middle Paleozoic Revolution Estonia, 10-19 June 2014Abstracts & Field Guide, p. 105-105, 2014

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Biostratigraphy of early vertebrates on Gotland

Bremer, Oskar; Blom, Henning

Part of 4th Annual Meeting of IGCP 591, Estonia, 10 - 19 June 2014., p. 21-21, 2014

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Phylogenetic relationships of the cyathaspidids (Heterostraci)

Lundgren, Mette; Blom, Henning

Part of GFF, p. 74-84, 2013

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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

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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

2013

Conference paper

A Silurian placoderm with osteichthyan-like marginal jaw bones

Zhu, Min; Yu, Xiaobo; Ahlberg, Per Erik; Choo, Brian et al.

Part of Nature, p. 188-+, 2013

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• DOI for A Silurian placoderm with osteichthyan-like marginal jaw bones

Geochemistry of fossilised dental remains - key to palaeobiology and palaeoenvironment.

Zigaite, Zivile; Perez-Huerta, Alberto; Jeffries, Teresa; Kear, Benjamin P et al.

Part of GFF, p. 25, 2013

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Geochemistry of dental bioapatite, the key to palaeoclimate

Zigaite, Zivile; Kear, Benjamin; Joachimski, Michael M.; Tutken, Thomas et al.

Part of Proceedings of the 3rd IGCP 591 Annual Meeting, Lund, Sweden, 9-19 June 2013, p. 361-362, 2013

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Thelodont scales from the Lower and Middle Devonian Andree Land Group, Spitsbergen

Zigaite, Zivile; Karatajute-Talimaa, Valentina; Goujet, Daniel; Blom, Henning

Part of GFF, p. 57-73, 2013

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• DOI for Thelodont scales from the Lower and Middle Devonian Andree Land Group, Spitsbergen

Scales and Tooth Whorls of Ancient Fishes Challenge Distinction between External and Oral 'Teeth'

Qu, Qingming; Sanchez, Sophie; Blom, Henning; Tafforeau, Paul et al.

Part of PLOS ONE, 2013

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REE compositions in fossil vertebrate dental tissues indicate biomineral preservation

Zigaite, Zivile; Kear, Ben; Pérez-Huerta, P; Jeffries, T, T et al.

Part of Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2012

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