Palaeobiologist at Qujing Normal University. Associated with IVPP, Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of Birmingham
UK
Joined May 2009
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A few notes on our recent paper on the oldest known gnathostome teeth assigned to the new genus Qianodus @osteichthyan @ZhuEarlyFishLab @Nitroshutter @Palaeo_Bham @unibirmingham doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-0… The discovery provides the first tangible evidence for the existence of
i.e. we can identify specimens with a left and right labial offset of one of their two primary tooth rows. This is indicative of tooth whorl positions on opposing jaw rami and combined with other evidence suggests that the dentition of Qianodus was formed of closely spaced tooth
My latest research on the early jawed fish of China in collaboration with Min Zhu, Qiang Li, Ivan Sansom @Nitroshutter @Palaeo_Bham @unibirmingham
and other colleagues from IVPP, CAS @ZhuEarlyFishLab and Qujing Normal University
"The oldest gnathostome teeth" (nature.com/articles/s41586-0…) and "Spiny chondrichthyan from the lower Silurian of China" (nature.com/articles/s41586-0…)
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