Search Results - "Paulo M. Brito"

Pulmonary arteries in coelacanths shed light on the vasculature evolution of air-breathing organs in vertebrates by Cupello, Camila, Clément, Gaël, Herbin, Marc, Meunier, François J., Brito, Paulo M.

“…To date, the presence of pulmonary organs in the fossil record is extremely rare. Among extant vertebrates, lungs are described in actinopterygian polypterids…”
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A revision of Laeliichthys ancestralis Santos, 1985 (Teleostei: Osteoglossomorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil: Phylogenetic relationships and biogeographical implications by Brito, Paulo M, Figueiredo, Francisco J, Leal, Maria Eduarda C

“…A re-description of the freshwater, Early Cretaceous osteoglossomorph Laeliichthys ancestralis Santos, 1985, from the Sanfranciscana Basin of Brazil, is…”
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Lung evolution in vertebrates and the water-to-land transition by Cupello, Camila, Hirasawa, Tatsuya, Tatsumi, Norifumi, Yabumoto, Yoshitaka, Gueriau, Pierre, Isogai, Sumio, Matsumoto, Ryoko, Saruwatari, Toshiro, King, Andrew, Hoshino, Masato, Uesugi, Kentaro, Okabe, Masataka, Brito, Paulo M

“…A crucial evolutionary change in vertebrate history was the Palaeozoic (Devonian 419-359 million years ago) water-to-land transition, allowed by key…”
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Living Taxa and Their Importance in Understanding the Extinct Diversity: A Look at Polypterid Pinnules by Coelho, Marcos Vinícius, Cupello, Camila, Brito, Paulo M, Otero, Olga

“…Pinnules are the peculiar, impaired spines that carry each of the numerous finlets that constitute the dorsal fins of polypterid fishes (Cladistia and…”
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Allometric growth in the extant coelacanth lung during ontogenetic development by Cupello, Camila, Brito, Paulo M., Herbin, Marc, Meunier, François J, Janvier, Philippe, Dutel, Hugo, Clément, Gaël

“…Coelacanths are lobe-finned fishes known from the Devonian to Recent that were long considered extinct, until the discovery of two living species in deep…”
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A new cryptic species of South American freshwater pufferfish of the genus Colomesus (Tetraodontidae), based on both morphology and DNA data by Amaral, Cesar R L, Brito, Paulo M, Silva, Dayse A, Carvalho, Elizeu F

“…The Tetraodontidae are an Acantomorpha fish family with circumglobal distribution composed of 189 species grouped in 19 genera, occurring in seas, estuaries,…”
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Sorbinicharax verraesi: An unexpected case of a benthic fish outside Acanthomorpha in the Upper Cretaceous of the Tethyan Sea by Mayrinck, Diogo, Brito, Paulo M, Meunier, François J, Alvarado-Ortega, Jesus, Otero, Olga

“…†Sorbinicharax verraesi is a marine teleostean fish from the Upper Cretaceous of Nardò (Italy). It was first attributed to the otophysan order Characiformes,…”
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The homology and function of the lung plates in extant and fossil coelacanths by Cupello, Camila, Meunier, François J., Herbin, Marc, Janvier, Philippe, Clément, Gaël, Brito, Paulo M.

“…The presence of a pulmonary organ that is entirely covered by true bone tissue and fills most of the abdominal cavity is hitherto unique to fossil…”
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Cipactlichthys scutatus, gen. nov., sp. nov. a new Halecomorph (Neopterygii, Holostei) from the Lower Cretaceous Tlayua Formation of Mexico by Brito, Paulo M, Alvarado-Ortega, Jesus

“…Based on specimens from the Lower Cretaceous Tlayua Formation of Mexico, we describe a new genus and species of Halecomorphi, Cipactlichthysscutatus gen. et…”
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A new Chanidae (Ostariophysii: Gonorynchiformes) from the Cretaceous of Brazil with affinities to Laurasian gonorynchiforms from Spain by Amaral, Cesar R L, Brito, Paulo M

“…Based on specimens originally referred to as "Dastilbe minor", a nomem-nudum, we describe a new genus of Chanidae †Nanaichthys longipinnus nov. gen. and sp…”
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Morphological variations in the dorsal fin finlets of extant polypterids raise questions about their taxonomical validity by Coelho, Marcos Vinícius, Cupello, Camila, Brito, Paulo M

“…Fossil polypterids are mainly represented by disarticulated material, most of them pinnules. However, there is no study that proves the taxonomical validity of…”
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Lung anatomy and histology of the extant coelacanth shed light on the loss of air-breathing during deep-water adaptation in actinistians by Cupello, Camila, Meunier, François J., Herbin, Marc, Clément, Gaël, Brito, Paulo M.

“…Lungs are specialized organs originated from the posterior pharyngeal cavity and considered as plesiomorphic for osteichthyans, as they are found in extant…”
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A new species of Pleuropholis (Teleostei: Pleuropholidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Akrabou Formation of southeastern Morocco, with comments on the evolutionary history of the genus by Brito, Paulo M., Vullo, Romain

“…A pleuropholid fish is described for the first time from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Akrabou Formation, Agoult locality, southeastern Morocco. The new…”
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The histological structure of the calcified lung of the fossil coelacanth Axelrodichthys araripensis (Actinistia: Mawsoniidae) by BRITO, PAULO M., MEUNIER, FRANÇOIS J., CLÉMENT, GAEL, GEFFARD‐KURIYAMA, DIDIER

“…:  The palaeohistological study of the calcified internal organ of Axelrodichthys araripensis Maisey, 1986, a coelacanthiform from the Lower Cretaceous of…”
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Taxonomical use of scale ornamentation: Challenges by intraspecific and intra‐individual variations in four adult specimens of Polypterus bichir by Coelho, Marcos Vinícius, Cupello, Camila, Brito, Paulo M., Otero, Olga

“…Many actinopterygian fish groups, including fossil and extant polypteriforms and lepisosteiforms, fossil halecomorphs, and some basal teleosts, have stout bony…”
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A new ichthyodectiform fish, Amakusaichthys goshouraensis gen. et sp. nov. from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Himenoura Group in Goshoura, Amakusa, Kumamoto, Japan by Yabumoto, Yoshitaka, Hirose, Koji, Brito, Paulo M.

“…A new ichthyodectiform fish, Amakusaichthys goshouraensis gen. et sp. nov. is described based on several specimens from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian)…”
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Earliest known lepisosteoid extends the range of anatomically modern gars to the Late Jurassic by Brito, Paulo M., Alvarado-Ortega, Jésus, Meunier, François J.

“…Lepisosteoids are known for their evolutionary conservatism, and their body plan can be traced at least as far back as the Early Cretaceous, by which point two…”
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Visualizing mineralization processes and fossil anatomy using synchronous synchrotron X-ray fluorescence and X-ray diffraction mapping by Gueriau, Pierre, Réguer, Solenn, Leclercq, Nicolas, Cupello, Camila, Brito, Paulo M, Jauvion, Clément, Morel, Séverin, Charbonnier, Sylvain, Thiaudière, Dominique, Mocuta, Cristian

“…Fossils, including those that occasionally preserve decay-prone soft tissues, are mostly made of minerals. Accessing their chemical composition provides unique…”
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Microstructural morphology in early dermal denticles of hammerhead sharks (Elasmobranchii: Sphyrnidae) and related taxa by Mello, Waldiney C., de Carvalho, Jorge J., Brito, Paulo M. M.

“…Mello, W.C., de Carvalho, J.J., Brito, P.M.M. 2011. Microstructural morphology in early dermal denticles of hammerhead sharks (Elasmobranchii: Sphyrnidae) and…”
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A Jurassic Pleuropholid Fish (Teleostei, Pleuropholidae) in the Tethys Sea Domain of North America by Alvarado-Ortega, Jesús, Brito, Paulo M

“…Citation for this article: Alvarado-Ortega, J., and P. M. Brito. 2016. A Jurassic pleuropholid fish (Teleostei, Pleuropholidae) in the Tethys Sea domain of…”
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