Unravelling the scenario of early vertebrate evolution through computational analysis of the fossil record

Project Information

EarlyVertEvo

Grant agreement ID: 839636

DOI 10.3030/839636

Project closed

EC signature date 10 April 2019

Start date 1 June 2019

End date 31 May 2021

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 212 933,76

EU contribution € 212 933,76

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
United Kingdom

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (7)

Body dimensions of the extinct giant shark Otodus megalodon: a 2D reconstruction

Author(s): Jack A. Cooper, Catalina Pimiento, Humberto G. Ferrón, Michael J. Benton
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 10/1, 2020, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71387-y

Evidence of endothermy in the extinct macropredatory osteichthyan Xiphactinus audax (Teleostei, Ichthyodectiformes)

Author(s): Humberto G. Ferrón
Published in: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Issue 39/6, 2019, Page(s) e1724123, ISSN 0272-4634
Publisher: Society Of Vertebrate Paleontology
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2019.1724123

Categorical versus geometric morphometric approaches to characterizing the evolution of morphological disparity in Osteostraci (Vertebrata, stem Gnathostomata)

Author(s): Humberto G. Ferrón, Jenny M. Greenwood, Bradley Deline, Carlos Martínez‐Pérez, Héctor Botella, Robert S. Sansom, Marcello Ruta, Philip C. J. Donoghue
Published in: Palaeontology, Issue 63/5, 2020, Page(s) 717-732, ISSN 0031-0239
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12482

Use of nursery areas by the extinct megatooth shark Otodus megalodon (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes)

Author(s): Jose L. Herraiz, Joan Ribé, Héctor Botella, Carlos Martínez-Pérez, Humberto G. Ferrón
Published in: Biology Letters, Issue 16/11, 2020, Page(s) 20200746, ISSN 1744-9561
Publisher: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0746

Functional assessment of morphological homoplasy in stem-gnathostomes

Author(s): Humberto G. Ferrón, Carlos Martínez-Pérez, Imran A. Rahman, Víctor Selles de Lucas, Héctor Botella, Philip C. J. Donoghue
Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Issue 288/1943, 2021, Page(s) 20202719, ISSN 0962-8452
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.2719

Biomechanical insights into the dentition of megatooth sharks (Lamniformes: Otodontidae)

Author(s): Antonio Ballell, Humberto G. Ferrón
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 11/1, 2021, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80323-z

Computational Fluid Dynamics Suggests Ecological Diversification among Stem-Gnathostomes

Author(s): Humberto G. Ferrón, Carlos Martínez-Pérez, Imran A. Rahman, Víctor Selles de Lucas, Héctor Botella, Philip C.J. Donoghue
Published in: Current Biology, Issue 30/23, 2020, Page(s) 4808-4813.e3, ISSN 0960-9822
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.031