IVPP Early Vertebrates

More Silurian and Devonian fishes to come!

[The Anatomical Record @AnatRecord]

A new analysis of Dunkleosteus terrelli reveals massive jaws were far more cartilage-rich than once thought, reshaping ideas about its muscle layout, bite mechanics & feeding style. Time to rethink this Devonian apex predator
Engelman et al:
https://t.co/BfV0r2hmwZ
#FossilFriday

[Matt Friedman @Friedman_Lab]

Wherein Martin Brazeau and colleagues (incl. @zerinajohanson and me) ponder the evolution of the vertebrate pectoral girdle. Open access: https://t.co/uilpPuiLgl

[John P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel]

Happy #Halloween! Your treats this year are two new Jurassic predatory #lampreys! Or what I like to call #Jaws without jaws.

https://t.co/M7rtfVAY2r

[Matt Friedman @Friedman_Lab]

Finally added to my office's parade of fossil fish models 🤩

[IVPP Early Vertebrates @ZhuEarlyFishLab]

Hope you like it Matt! There will be quite some antiarch papers from our team, with good life reconstructions coming out soon!

[Matt Friedman @Friedman_Lab]

If you guessed "awesome antiarch model," you win!

[IVPP Early Vertebrates @ZhuEarlyFishLab]

@Euphanerops @EndOfThePier @glpcjd Congrats Richard for the great work!

[Matt Friedman @Friedman_Lab]

🚨#FossilFriday job alert!🚨
@NERCscience-funded PDRA focusing on the origin of pectoral fins and girdles led by Martin Brazeau at @imperialcollege & feat. @zerinajohanson at @NHM_London and me. Application deadline April 20th: https://t.co/AlsvGcNA99

[Jake Leyhr @JakeLeyhr]

TIL why Diptera and Dipterus have such similar names - sometimes a "wing" doesn't have to technically be a wing... #etymology

[Monterey Bay Aquarium @MontereyAq]

Get a wiggle on this Monday with our sand dollars!

[Dr Alice C loves lungfish (she/her) @DrAliceClement]

Not to be missed! Join us online or in person this Thursday to hear amazing things about fish and tetrapods from @RichardClouti20 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

[Sam Giles @GilesPalaeoLab]

New paper! We describe the upper jaw of a new placoderm from Mongolia and implications for jaw evolution, led by Martin Brazeau with colleagues from Imperial, Manchester, the Mongolian Academy of Sciences and the Ulaanbaatar Natural History History Museum https://t.co/bqVWgvb8Xd

[JoeRomeiro333 @JoeRomeiro]

Massive #makoshark hits my lens at night. #xl #large #giant #shark #sharks #night #midnight #sharkbite #underwaterfilm #film #ocean #sea #saltlife #beachlife #fish #joeromeiro #333productions #Warfish #sharkteeth #nightlife

[Robokaseki 化石をロボットにして泳がせる。⭐︎AFK研究所(同)⭐︎チームロボ化石！ @robokaseki]

These are our Devonian fish type under water gliders for kids. Drepanaspis design can be converted to Pycnosteus, as teaching materials for our science communication events.
When actually placed in the water, they can swim as underwater gliders. Children paint their own colors.

[IVPP Early Vertebrates @ZhuEarlyFishLab]

Just back from a field trip in Yunnan, revisited some old sites and found two new Early Devonian site, with some stunning fossils. Landscape is great as many of you have visited, but this winter is very dry and dusty , hope the rain come back soon to save the agriculture!

[IVPP Early Vertebrates @ZhuEarlyFishLab]

@kryptophanaron Thanks for the information. We have some models here from the "Stockholm School of Palaeozoic vertebrate" back in 1960s, I always like them, with all the patina like this model. Great find!

[IVPP Early Vertebrates @ZhuEarlyFishLab]

remarkable model though!

[James Andrews @kryptophanaron]

Mantis shrimp 🤝 Pteraspis

[IVPP Early Vertebrates @ZhuEarlyFishLab]

@Gnarly_Larvae @RickStikkelorum Thanks! Looks great and different from the other antique-looking model.

[Sam Giles @GilesPalaeoLab]

This is Coccocephalus, a 319 million year old fossil found in a Lancashire coal mine in the 1800s. Inside its skull is a fossilised brain - the actual brain! - preserved in 3D. New paper led by @Rodrigoichthys revises the story of brain evolution in fish🤯 https://t.co/UIwZ36Nohz

[Robokaseki 化石をロボットにして泳がせる。⭐︎AFK研究所(同)⭐︎チームロボ化石！ @robokaseki]

デボン紀の魚類、ドレパナスピスに学んだ水中グライダー 教材、
作って、泳がせてみよう！と言うショート動画です。