@article {8976,
	title = {Histological study of the oral teeth and their bony support in the Mexican Jurassic gar {\textdagger}Nhanulepisosteus mexicanus (Ginglymodii, Lepisosteidae)},
	year = {2022},
	abstract = {The palaeohistology of the teeth and bony skeleton of the Late Jurassic gar {\textdagger}Nhanulepisosteus mexi-canus\&nbsp;is described in detail from thin sections. The teeth are composed of a cone of orthodentine with a pulp cavity filled with parallel canals of osteodentine as variety of eusthenodont type plicidentine. These conspicu-ous histological features differentiate {\textdagger}Nhanulepisosteus\&nbsp;from the majority of extant and fossil lepisosteids. The teeth are crowned with a small apical cap of acrodine, and are surrounded by a ridged layer of enamel. The bony tissues contain star-shaped osteocytes and canaliculi of Williamson matching exactly those in living lepisosteids, other holosteans, and some basal teleosts. Although the dental histology is distinct from that of extant gar spe-cies, we consider these differences are related to eco-morphological factors, noting that this pattern of histologi-cal arrangement is also found in other fossil gar species.},
	keywords = {Bone, Jurassic, Lepisosteidae, Palaeohistology, plicidentine, Teeth, {\textdagger}Nhanulepisosteus},
	doi = {10.26028/CYBIUM/2022-461-002},
	url = {https://www.sfi-cybium.fr/fr/histological-study-oral-teeth-and-their-bony-support-mexican-jurassic-gar-{\textdagger}nhanulepisosteus},
	author = {Brito, Paulo M. and Alvarado-Ortega, J{\'e}sus and Fran{\c c}ois J Meunier}
}
@article {5971,
	title = {The long time adaptation of coelacanths to moderate deep water: reviewing the evidences},
	journal = {Bulletin of Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History. Series A: Natural History},
	volume = {17},
	year = {2019},
	pages = {29-35},
	author = {Cupello, C and Cl{\'e}ment, Ga{\"e}l and Fran{\c c}ois J Meunier and Herbin, Marc and Yoshikata Yabumoto and Brito, Paulo M.}
}
@article {5961,
	title = {The diet of the Early Cretaceous coelacanth {\textdagger}Axelrodichthys araripensis Maisey, 1986 (Actinistia: Mawsoniidae)},
	journal = {Cybium},
	volume = {42},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {105-111},
	doi = {10.26028/cybium/2018-421-011},
	url = {http://sfi-cybium.fr/fr/diet-early-cretaceous-coelacanth-{\textdagger}axelrodichthys-araripensis-maisey-1986-actinistia-mawsoniidae},
	author = {Meunier, Francois J. and Cupello, Camila and Yoshikata Yabumoto and Brito, Paulo M.}
}
@article {5967,
	title = {Earliest known lepisosteoid extends the range of anatomically modern gars to the Late Jurassic},
	journal = {Scientific reports},
	volume = {7},
	year = {2017},
	pages = {17830},
	author = {Brito, Paulo M. and Alvarado-Ortega, J and Meunier, Francois J.}
}
@article {5970,
	title = {Histological characteristics of lower jaw bones and oral teeth of the short nose gar, Lepisosteus platostomus Rafinesque, 1820 (Lepisosteidae)},
	year = {2017},
	doi = {10.26028/cybium/2017-413-004},
	url = {http://sfi-cybium.fr/fr/histological-characteristics-lower-jaw-bones-and-oral-teeth-short-nose-gar-lepisosteus-platostomus},
	author = {Meunier, Francois J. and Brito, Paulo M.}
}
@article {5969,
	title = {The homology and function of the lung plates in extant and fossil coelacanths},
	journal = {Scientific reports},
	volume = {7},
	year = {2017},
	pages = {9244},
	author = {Cupello, C and Meunier, Francois J. and Herbin, Marc and Janvier, Philippe and Cl{\'e}ment, Ga{\"e}l and Brito, Paulo M.}
}
@article {5968,
	title = {{\textdagger}Sorbinicharax verraesi: An unexpected case of a benthic fish outside Acanthomorpha in the Upper Cretaceous of the Tethyan Sea},
	journal = {PLOS ONE},
	volume = {12},
	year = {2017},
	month = {08},
	pages = {1-15},
	abstract = {<p>{\textdagger}Sorbinicharax verraesi is a marine teleostean fish from the Upper Cretaceous of Nard{\`o} (Italy). It was first attributed to the otophysan order Characiformes, which represents potential evidence for the controversial marine origin of the clade. Through a review of all the available material, we demonstrate that this species is not an otophysan since it lacks key structures that would allow for its inclusion in this group. {\textdagger}Sorbinicharax has a body shape that recalls ground fishes classically assigned to Acanthomorpha. However, no unambiguous feature allows us to relate it to this clade. In fact, the presence of cellular bony tissue supports its exclusion from Eurypterygii. Since no feature permits the definitive attribution of {\textdagger}Sorbinicharax to any teleost group, it remains as Teleostei incertae sedis. We infer that the morphology of {\textdagger}Sorbinicharax indicates a benthic ecology. It displays: an anteriorly wide body with enlarged ribs; large pectoral fins, while anal and dorsal fins are reduced; a large head measuring {\textonequarter} of the total body length; and a mouth opening dorsally in a high position. Such morphology was so far undescribed in Nardo. It is surprisingly displayed by a non-eurypterygian teleost fish which means by a fish which does not belong to the clades that diversify since the upper Cretaceous and include the extant families that show ground ecomorphologies.</p>
},
	doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0183879},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183879},
	author = {Mayrinck, D. and Brito, Paulo M. and Meunier, Francois J. and Alvarado-Ortega, J. and Otero, Olga}
}
