A major event in vertebrate evolution was the transition from aquatic to terrestrial life, made possible by the emergence of ...

All vertebrate embryos follow a common developmental ... The study of this development can yield insights into the process of evolution.

The absence of a notochord, he says, is one factor that has allowed for the many interpretations of yunnanozoan phylogeny, and therefore he says it was “a little bit of a surprise” to see the fish ...

Research in our group investigates a number of questions central to understanding animal evolution and development ... impressive morphological diversity of organs and tissues across vertebrates ?

In an Australian first, researchers have described a new species of 15-million-year-old fossilized freshwater fish, ...

“So there was still this uncertainty about where Brachylophus really fits within the iguanid phylogeny. Simon’s data really .

Fossils found in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia show traces of a notochord (a rodlike primitive backbone), a significant step in the evolution of vertebrates. Cambrian sediments found in ...

Fosillised scales and teeth of the wealden fish (Lepidotes) found inside the ribs of the dinosaur Baryonyx walkeri, Surrey © The Trustees of the Natural History ...