Publications

Investigating a Devonian vertebrate assemblage with synchrotron microtomography of coprolites

Rebillard, Arnaud; Dupret, Vincent; Beznosov, Pavel; Ahlberg, Per Erik

Part of Scientific Reports, 2026

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A comparative study of the diversity and ecology of two Silurian vertebrate assemblages from Estonia

Rönnberg, Hampus

2026

Student thesis

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Earliest Jurassic plant assemblages from Sweden reveal a low-diversity ginkgoalean and cheirolepid flora dominating the post-extinction landscape

Quiroz-Cabascango, Daniela; Vajda, Vivi; McLoughlin, Stephen; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz

Part of Annals of Botany, p. 1797-1816, 2026

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Transcriptomic signature of differentiating catshark cartilage unravels the co-evolution of the Spp2 gene family with skeletal mineralisation in cartilaginous fish

Debiais-Thibaud, Melanie; Leurs, Nicolas; Panara, Virginia; Saclier, Nathanaëlle et al.

Part of BMC Biology, 2026

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A new Triassic austrolimulid from Poland presents insight into xiphosurid evolution and palaeobiogeography at the dawn of the Mesozoic

Audycki, Jonatan; Bicknell, Russell D. C.; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; De Baets, Kenneth

Part of PeerJ, 2026

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Step into the Synchrotron Light: Microanatomy and Evolutionary Adaptations of the Appendicular Skeleton of Palaeozoic Sarcopterygians

Bijl, Xanthe Sifra

2026

Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary

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Ossification of the pectoral fin of Glyptolepis groenlandica: implications for the evolution of the lungfish appendicular skeleton

Branigan, M. K.; Bijl, S.; Ahlberg, P. E.; Tafforeau, P. et al.

Part of Developmental Biology Advances, 2026

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A dual respiratory and auditory function for the coelacanth lung

Manuelli, Luigi; Clement, Gael; Herbin, Marc; Fritzsch, Bernd et al.

Part of Communications Biology, 2026

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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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High-latitude dipnoan aestivation burrows suggest seasonal aridity for early dinosaur ecosystems in the Late Triassic of East Greenland

Pawlak, Wojciech; Talanda, Mateusz; Qvarnström, Martin; Sulej, Tomasz et al.

Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2026

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Microstructure and development of the dermal ossicles of Antarctopelta oliveroi (Dinosauria, Ankylosauria): A complex morphogenetic system deciphered through three-dimensional X-ray microtomography

Sanchez, Sophie; de Ricqlès, Armand; Ponstein, Jasper; Tafforeau, Paul et al.

Part of Journal of Anatomy, p. 665-681, 2025

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Investigating the Morphogenesis and Replacement of Lamprey Toothlets Using Synchrotron Imaging

Grohganz, Madleen; Leyhr, Jake; Johanson, Zerina; Haitina, Tatjana et al.

Part of Journal of morphology, 2025

Article, review/survey

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High paleolatitude onychodont and rhizodont remains from the upper Famennian (Upper Devonian) Waterloo Farm lagerstätte of South Africa

Gess, Robert W.; Ahlberg, Per E.

Part of Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2025

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• DOI for High paleolatitude onychodont and rhizodont remains from the upper Famennian (Upper Devonian) Waterloo Farm lagerstätte of South Africa
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New specimens of the arthrodire Bullerichthys fascidens Dennis and Miles 1980 show incipient site-specific osteichthyan-like tooth addition and resorption

Trinajstic, Kate; Johanson, Zerina; Burrow, Carole; Smith, Moya Meredith et al.

Part of Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 2025

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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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• DOI for The braincase anatomy of Simosaurus gaillardoti (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) revealed with X-ray micro-computed tomography
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Earliest amniote tracks recalibrate the timeline of tetrapod evolution

Long, John A.; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Garvey, Jillian; Clement, Alice M. et al.

Part of Nature, p. 1193-1200, 2025

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Acquisition of neural crest promoted thyroid evolution from chordate endostyle

Stundl, Jan; Rajan, Ayyappa Raja Desingu; Urrutia, Hugo A.; Leyhr, Jake et al.

Part of Science Advances, 2025

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HLA diversity and signatures of selection in the Maniq, a nomadic hunter-gatherer population in Southern Thailand

Schaschl, Helmut; Herzog, Tobias; Oberreiter, Victoria; Kutanan, Wibhu et al.

Part of Immunogenetics, 2025

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Re-examining the strangest early vertebrate

Ahlberg, Per

Part of NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW, 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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Nkx2.7 is a conserved regulator of craniofacial development

Ford, Caitlin; de Sena-Tomas, Carmen; Wun, Tint Tha Ra; Aleman, Angelika G. et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2025

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The overlooked first intercostal ligament: Does it help to stabilize the Weberian apparatus?

Leyhr, Jake; Haitina, Tatjana; Bird, Nathan C.

Part of Journal of Anatomy, p. 288-298, 2025

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Visualizing and quantifying biomineral preservation in fossil vertebrate dental remains

Cowen, Matthew B.; de Rafélis, Marc; Ségalen, Loïc; Kear, Benjamin P. et al.

Part of PeerJ, 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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• DOI for Lungfish-like antero-labial tooth addition and amphibian-like enameloid-enamel transition in the coronoid of a Devonian stem actinopterygian
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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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“King of the Riverside”, a multi-proxy approach offers a new perspective

During, Melanie A. D.; Van Vranken, Nathan E.; Boyd, Clint A.; Ahlberg, Per E. et al.

Part of BMC Zoology, 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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New light on the braincases of Ventastega curonica and Acanthostega gunnari

Ahlberg, Per; Luksevics, Ervīns; Porro, Laura B.; Alksnitsia, Valters et al.

Part of Earth and environmental science transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, p. 154-163, 2024

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Protecting stable biological nomenclatural systems enables universal communication: A collective international appeal

Jimenez-Mejias, Pedro; Carlsson, Bengt; Svensson, Brita; Guerrero-Bosagna, Carlos et al.

Part of BioScience, p. 467-472, 2024

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Digestive contents and food webs record the advent of dinosaur supremacy

Qvarnström, Martin; Vikberg Wernström, Joel; Wawrzyniak, Zuzanna; Barbacka, Maria et al.

Part of Nature, p. 397-403, 2024

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The Sensory Shark: High-quality Morphological, Genomic and Transcriptomic Data for the Small-spotted Catshark Scyliorhinus Canicula Reveal the Molecular Bases of Sensory Organ Evolution in Jawed Vertebrates

Mayeur, Hélène; Leyhr, Jake; Mulley, John; Leurs, Nicolas et al.

Part of Molecular biology and evolution, 2024

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Multiple cis-regulatory elements control prox1a expression in distinct lymphatic vascular beds

Panara, Virginia; Yu, Hujun; Peng, Di; Staxäng, Karin et al.

Part of Development, 2024

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Cnida Morphology as Taxonomic Tools within Tube-Dwelling Anemones (Ceriantharia, Cnidaria)

Forero-Mejia, Anny C.; Duchatelet, Laurent; Östman, Carina

Part of OCEANS-SWITZERLAND, p. 491-521, 2024

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On the verge of extinction: A multi-proxy approach to understanding life up to the KPg-extinction in North Dakota

During, Melanie A. D.

2024

Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary

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Calibrations without raw data: A response to "Seasonal calibration of the end-cretaceous Chicxulub impact event"

During, Melanie A. D.; Voeten, Dennis F. A. E.; Van der Lubbe, Jeroen L.; Ahlberg, Per E.

Part of PeerJ, 2024

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Protocol for fluorescent live-cell staining of tardigrades

Harry, Clayton J.; Hibshman, Jonathan D.; Damatac II, Amor; Davidson, Philip L. et al.

Part of STAR Protocols, 2024

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A rich coprolite assemblage from Angeac-Charente (France): A glimpse into trophic interactions within an Early Cretaceous freshwater swamp

Rozada, L.; Allain, R.; Qvarnström, Martin; Rey, K. et al.

Part of Cretaceous Research, 2024

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Sex-biased gene expression during neural differentiation of human embryonic stem cells

Pottmeier, Philipp; Nikolantonaki, Danai; Lanner, Fredrik; Peuckert, Christiane et al.

Part of Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2024

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Preface

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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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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Response to comment on "Exceptional preservation of organs in Devonian placoderms from the Gogo largerstätte"

Trinajstic, Kate; Long, John; Sanchez, Sophie; Boisvert, Catherine A. et al.

Part of Science, 2023

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• DOI for Response to comment on "Exceptional preservation of organs in Devonian placoderms from the Gogo largerstätte"

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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Uniquely preserved gut contents illuminate trilobite palaeophysiology

Kraft, Petr; Vaskaninova, Valeria; Mergl, Michal; Budil, Petr et al.

Part of Nature, p. 545-551, 2023

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The dentary of hadrosauroid dinosaurs: evolution through heterochrony

Söderblom, Fredrik; Blanco, Alejandro; Prieto-Marquez, Albert; Campione, Nicolas E.

Part of Palaeontology, 2023

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Evolutionary Genomics of Odontode Tissues

Haitina, Tatjana; Debiais-Thibaud, Melanie

Part of Odontodes, p. 41, CRC Press, 2023

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Iron age genomic data from Althiburos - Tunisia renew the debate on the origins of African taurine cattle

Ginja, Catarina; Guimaraes, Silvia; da Fonseca, Rute R.; Rasteiro, Rita et al.

Part of iScience, 2023

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New paddlefishes (Acipenseriformes, Polyodontidae) from the Late Cretaceous Tanis Site of the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota, USA

Hilton, Eric J.; During, Melanie A. D.; Grande, Lance; Ahlberg, Per

Part of Journal of Paleontology, p. 675-692, 2023

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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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Musculoskeletal Development in Jawed Vertebrates: Gene function, cis-regulation, and 3D phenotypes in zebrafish

Leyhr, Jake

2023

Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary

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