References / paperThe oldest gnathostome teeth
Andreev, P.S.; Sansom, I.J.; Li, Q.; Zhao, W.; Wang, J.; Wang, C.-C.; Peng, L.; Jia, L.; Qiao, T.; Zhu, M.
Year2022
Source roleprimary-study
DOI / ID10.1038/s41586-022-05166-2
Fitness and scope
range · taxonomy · morphology · geochronology · biogeography · ecology
Accepted manuscript and supplementary geological setting provide specimen, horizon and figure-level locators; isolated tooth whorls are not an articulated body.
Claim ledger
fossil-range · mediumQianodus tooth whorls from late Aeronian strata at approximately 439 Ma anchor the 439–0 Ma Gnathostomata route; isolated dental elements provide a minimum sampled occurrence, not the origin of jaws, crown age or global FAD.
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