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Larkin, N, Henton, T, Etches, S, Wright, A, Chen, T-Y, Driscoll, L, Shelton, R & Sansom, I 2023, 'The fossil record’s oldest known calculus (an enterolith of the gastrointestinal tract), from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Upper Jurassic), UK', Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2023.05.004
Dearden, R, Lanzetti, A, Giles, S, Johanson, Z, Jones, A, Lautenschlager, S, Randle, E & Sansom, I 2023, 'The oldest three-dimensionally preserved vertebrate neurocranium', Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06538-y
Schnetz, L, Butler, RJ, Coates, MI & Sansom, IJ 2022, 'Skeletal and soft tissue completeness of the acanthodian fossil record', Palaeontology, vol. 65, no. 4, e12616. https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12616
Andreev, P, Sansom, I, Li, Q, Zhao, W, Wang, J, Wang, C-C, Peng, L, Jia, L, Qiao, T & Zhu, M 2022, 'Spiny chondrichthyan from the lower Silurian of South China', Nature, vol. 609, no. 7929, pp. 969-974. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05233-8
Andreev, P, Sansom, I, Li, Q, Zhao, W, Wang, J, Wang, C-C, Peng, L, Jia, L, Qiao, T & Zhu, M 2022, 'The oldest gnathostome teeth', Nature, vol. 609, no. 7929, pp. 964-968. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05166-2
Dearden, RP, den Blaauwen, JL, Sansom, IJ, Burrow, CJ, Davidson, RG, Newman, MJ, Ko, A & Brazeau, MD 2021, 'A revision of Vernicomacanthus Miles with comments on the characters of stem-group chondrichthyans', Papers in Palaeontology, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 1949-1976. https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1369
Ezcurra, M, Butler, R, Maidment, S, Sansom, I, Meade, L & Radley, J 2021, 'A revision of the early neotheropod genus Sarcosaurus from the Early Jurassic (Hettangian–Sinemurian) of central England', Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 191, no. 1, pp. 113-149. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa054
Andreev, P, Zhao, W, Wang, N, Smith, M, Li, Q, Cui, X, Zhu, M & Sansom, I 2020, 'Early Silurian chondrichthyans from the Tarim Basin (Xinjiang, China)', PLoSONE, vol. 15, no. 2, e0228589. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228589
Hedge, J, Shillito, A, Davies, N, Butler, R & Sansom, I 2019, 'Invertebrate trace fossils from the Alveley Member, Salop Formation (Pennsylvanian, Carboniferous), Shropshire, UK', Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, vol. 130, no. 1, pp. 103-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2018.10.002
Coates, M, Finarelli, J, Sansom, I, Andreev, P, Criswell, K, Tietjen, K, Rivers, M & La Riviere, P 2018, 'An early chondrichthyan and the evolutionary assembly of a shark body plan', Royal Society of London. Proceedings B. Biological Sciences, vol. 285, no. 1870, 20172418. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.2418
Sallan, L, Friedman, M, Sansom, R, Bird, C & Sansom, I 2018, 'The nearshore cradle of early vertebrate diversification', Science, vol. 362, no. 6413, pp. 460-464. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aar3689
Andreev, P, Coates, M, Karatajute-Talimaa, V, Shelton, R, Cooper, P & Sansom, I 2017, 'Elegestolepis and its kin, the earliest monodontode chondrichthyans', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 37, no. 1, e1245664. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2017.1245664
Sallan, L, Giles, S, Sansom, R, Clarke, J, Johanson, Z, Sansom, I & Janvier, P 2017, 'The ‘tully monster’ is not a vertebrate: characters, convergence and taphonomy in palaeozoic problematic animals', Palaeontology, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 149-157. https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12282
Miller, G, Heward, A, Mossoni, A & Sansom, I 2017, 'Two new early balognathid conodont genera from the Ordovician of Oman and comments on the early evolution of prioniodontid conodonts', Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, pp. 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2017.1314985
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Sansom, I & Andreev, P 2017, The Ordovician enigma: fish, first appearances and phylogenetic controversies. in Z Johanson, M Richter & C Underwood (eds), Evolution and Development of Fishes. Cambridge University Press.
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