The other other bony fish, lobe finned sarcopterygian types, include coelacanths, lungfishes, and tetrapods. More on those in a bit ...
October 17, 2026 at 7:23 PM
The other other bony fish, lobe finned sarcopterygian types, include coelacanths, lungfishes, and tetrapods. More on those in a bit ...
Dipnomorphs cont. with a station on fin evolution in lungfishes featuring (top to bottom): Scaumenacia, Pentlandia, and Dipterus. #FossilFriday
October 16, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Dipnomorphs cont. with a station on fin evolution in lungfishes featuring (top to bottom): Scaumenacia, Pentlandia, and Dipterus. #FossilFriday
Yawning in lungfishes: occurrence and potential functional differences between respiratory modes BehProc
Yawning in lungfishes: occurrence and potential functional differences between respiratory modes
Publication date: Available online 10 October 2026
Source: Behavioural Processes
Author(s): Akiko Enokizu, Mika Hirakawa, Ikuo Wakabayashi, Tadamichi Morisaka, Mai Sakai
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October 14, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Yawning in lungfishes: occurrence and potential functional differences between respiratory modes BehProc
Yawning in lungfishes: occurrence and potential functional differences between respiratory modes BehProc
Yawning in lungfishes: occurrence and potential functional differences between respiratory modes
Publication date: Available online 10 October 2026
Source: Behavioural Processes
Author(s): Akiko Enokizu, Mika Hirakawa, Ikuo Wakabayashi, Tadamichi Morisaka, Mai Sakai
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October 13, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Yawning in lungfishes: occurrence and potential functional differences between respiratory modes BehProc
Imagine being the first prehuman lungfish born with the no gills mutation and all the other lungfishes roast you for being a landcel that can't breathe underwater until some other lungfish likes your funky vibes and decides to bust all over your eggs
October 10, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Imagine being the first prehuman lungfish born with the no gills mutation and all the other lungfishes roast you for being a landcel that can't breathe underwater until some other lungfish likes your funky vibes and decides to bust all over your eggs
広西チワン族自治区産の前期デボン紀の肺魚ソルビトリンクス・デレアスキトゥス Sorbitorhynchus deleaskitus の再記載。
系統解析の結果は、本種がこの時期の肺魚としては派生的な位置にいることを示していると。
#とよけら論文紹介
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
系統解析の結果は、本種がこの時期の肺魚としては派生的な位置にいることを示していると。
#とよけら論文紹介
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
September 12, 2026 at 2:05 PM
広西チワン族自治区産の前期デボン紀の肺魚ソルビトリンクス・デレアスキトゥス Sorbitorhynchus deleaskitus の再記載。
系統解析の結果は、本種がこの時期の肺魚としては派生的な位置にいることを示していると。
#とよけら論文紹介
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
系統解析の結果は、本種がこの時期の肺魚としては派生的な位置にいることを示していると。
#とよけら論文紹介
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Redescrição de Sorbitorhynchus deleaskitus (Sarcopterygii, Dipnoi), do Devoniano Inferior da China onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Redescription of <fi>Sorbitorhynchus deleaskitus</fi> (Sarcopterygii, Dipnoi) from the Lower Devonian of China
Lungfishes first appeared in the Early Devonian and subsequently underwent a rapid radiation. They have persisted to the present day as iconic ‘living fossils’. Among Devonian lungfishes, the ‘chirod...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 11, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Redescrição de Sorbitorhynchus deleaskitus (Sarcopterygii, Dipnoi), do Devoniano Inferior da China onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
South American Lungfish - is a member of the Australian lungfishes family and is native to the Amazon, Paraguay and lower Paraná basins in South America. It is a obligate air-breather and prefers stagnant waters. It can reach a max length of 125 cm ( 49 inches). www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1837...
September 11, 2026 at 2:04 PM
South American Lungfish - is a member of the Australian lungfishes family and is native to the Amazon, Paraguay and lower Paraná basins in South America. It is a obligate air-breather and prefers stagnant waters. It can reach a max length of 125 cm ( 49 inches). www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1837...
What a wonderful, conflicted Friday. The sun is shining, the lungfishes are discovring and the air smells like reaved baked beans and neodymium!
September 11, 2026 at 10:37 AM
What a wonderful, conflicted Friday. The sun is shining, the lungfishes are discovring and the air smells like reaved baked beans and neodymium!
ラトビアで見つかった後期デボン紀の新属新種の肺魚ジュミソドゥス・ラトゥス Jumisodus latus。
脳函の一部、口蓋部、および歯の化石が得られており、正確な系統位置を知るには追加標本の発見が必要とされていますが、当時の肺魚の多様性を知る上で興味深い存在です。
論文フリー
#とよけら論文紹介
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
脳函の一部、口蓋部、および歯の化石が得られており、正確な系統位置を知るには追加標本の発見が必要とされていますが、当時の肺魚の多様性を知る上で興味深い存在です。
論文フリー
#とよけら論文紹介
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A new Late Devonian dipnoan from the Ketleri Formation of Latvia
Dipnoans (lungfishes) reached their peak of taxonomic diversity and morphological disparity during the Devonian Period, followed by a pronounced decline in both thereafter. The Late Devonian (Famen...
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August 31, 2026 at 2:09 PM
ラトビアで見つかった後期デボン紀の新属新種の肺魚ジュミソドゥス・ラトゥス Jumisodus latus。
脳函の一部、口蓋部、および歯の化石が得られており、正確な系統位置を知るには追加標本の発見が必要とされていますが、当時の肺魚の多様性を知る上で興味深い存在です。
論文フリー
#とよけら論文紹介
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
脳函の一部、口蓋部、および歯の化石が得られており、正確な系統位置を知るには追加標本の発見が必要とされていますが、当時の肺魚の多様性を知る上で興味深い存在です。
論文フリー
#とよけら論文紹介
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🚨New Pub!🚨A new Late Devonian dipnoan from the Ketleri Formation of Latvia🦴🇱🇻by Clement et al.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A new Late Devonian dipnoan from the Ketleri Formation of Latvia
Dipnoans (lungfishes) reached their peak of taxonomic diversity and morphological disparity during the Devonian Period, followed by a pronounced decline in both thereafter. The Late Devonian (Famen...
www.tandfonline.com
August 25, 2026 at 11:28 PM
🚨New Pub!🚨A new Late Devonian dipnoan from the Ketleri Formation of Latvia🦴🇱🇻by Clement et al.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New #lungfish just dropped! Welcome to the world, Jumisodus latus, a #Devonian lungfish from the Famennian of #Latvia! Named for the Latvian figure 'Jumis', god of fertility and harvest, whose symbol represents the tooth plate outline in this new taxon...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A new Late Devonian dipnoan from the Ketleri Formation of Latvia
Dipnoans (lungfishes) reached their peak of taxonomic diversity and morphological disparity during the Devonian Period, followed by a pronounced decline in both thereafter. The Late Devonian (Famen...
www.tandfonline.com
August 25, 2026 at 2:15 PM
New #lungfish just dropped! Welcome to the world, Jumisodus latus, a #Devonian lungfish from the Famennian of #Latvia! Named for the Latvian figure 'Jumis', god of fertility and harvest, whose symbol represents the tooth plate outline in this new taxon...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
OK, so I discovered Gooloogongia, have worked on Kenichthys and Ichthyostega, and have studied the Tiktaalik material first-hand. My take:
All of these are members of the tetrapod stem group - the part of the tree that extends from our last common ancestor with lungfishes (which are our
All of these are members of the tetrapod stem group - the part of the tree that extends from our last common ancestor with lungfishes (which are our
August 14, 2026 at 4:38 PM
OK, so I discovered Gooloogongia, have worked on Kenichthys and Ichthyostega, and have studied the Tiktaalik material first-hand. My take:
All of these are members of the tetrapod stem group - the part of the tree that extends from our last common ancestor with lungfishes (which are our
All of these are members of the tetrapod stem group - the part of the tree that extends from our last common ancestor with lungfishes (which are our
A new #palaeohistology paper out from Sophie Sanchez & other great colleagues on the "Ossification of the #pectoral fin of Glyptolepis: implications for the evolution of the #lungfish appendicular skeleton". Happy to have played a very small part in this cool study link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Ossification of the pectoral fin of Glyptolepis groenlandica: implications for the evolution of the lungfish appendicular skeleton - Developmental Biology Advances
Lungfishes are commonly considered to be the sister group to tetrapods. They appeared around 415 million years ago, then rapidly evolved, diversified and spread. Although many morphological characteri...
link.springer.com
August 13, 2026 at 7:02 AM
A new #palaeohistology paper out from Sophie Sanchez & other great colleagues on the "Ossification of the #pectoral fin of Glyptolepis: implications for the evolution of the #lungfish appendicular skeleton". Happy to have played a very small part in this cool study link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🧪Another open-access paper from our lab came out a while ago but I forgot to post a link, so here it is. Ossification of the pectoral fin skeleton of a phylogenetically basal stem lungfish. Based on the same material as my very first paper, from 1989!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Ossification of the pectoral fin of Glyptolepis groenlandica: implications for the evolution of the lungfish appendicular skeleton - Developmental Biology Advances
Developmental Biology Advances - Lungfishes are commonly considered to be the sister group to tetrapods. They appeared around 415 million years ago, then rapidly evolved, diversified and spread....
link.springer.com
August 12, 2026 at 3:52 PM
🧪Another open-access paper from our lab came out a while ago but I forgot to post a link, so here it is. Ossification of the pectoral fin skeleton of a phylogenetically basal stem lungfish. Based on the same material as my very first paper, from 1989!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Originalpublikation: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The West African lungfish secretes a living cocoon during aestivation with uncertain antimicrobial function
One of the most exceptional adaptations to extreme drought is found in the sister group to tetrapods, the lungfishes (Dipnoi), which can aestivate inside a mucus cocoon for multiple years at reduced m...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
September 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Originalpublikation: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
But aren't dipnoans/lungfishes (or Dipnoi) sarcopteygiians (= "lobe-finned" fishes), & coelacanths also sarcoptyergiians? I appreciate any clarifications and/or corrections, as I try to keep up with the latest cladistic classifications.
August 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
But aren't dipnoans/lungfishes (or Dipnoi) sarcopteygiians (= "lobe-finned" fishes), & coelacanths also sarcoptyergiians? I appreciate any clarifications and/or corrections, as I try to keep up with the latest cladistic classifications.
As part of a growing digital dataset, this reconstruction contributes to identifying evolutionary trends in lungfishes through time.
June 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
As part of a growing digital dataset, this reconstruction contributes to identifying evolutionary trends in lungfishes through time.
tyy! I've modeled this particular iteration after lungfishes
April 9, 2026 at 1:31 AM
tyy! I've modeled this particular iteration after lungfishes
You do have some ancestors that were lobe-finned fishes and they would appear very similar to modern day lungfishes. Whether or not that makes you a “lungfish” is up to you imo so slay
March 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
You do have some ancestors that were lobe-finned fishes and they would appear very similar to modern day lungfishes. Whether or not that makes you a “lungfish” is up to you imo so slay
"Rhipidistia is a clade of lobe-finned fishes which includes the tetrapods and lungfishes."
People is fish.
(Isn't cladistics and taxonomy *fun*? Isn't it *fun* to see which side of various cladistics debates has dominated which Wikipedia or other encyclopedic entries?)
People is fish.
(Isn't cladistics and taxonomy *fun*? Isn't it *fun* to see which side of various cladistics debates has dominated which Wikipedia or other encyclopedic entries?)
April 19, 2026 at 6:34 PM
"Rhipidistia is a clade of lobe-finned fishes which includes the tetrapods and lungfishes."
People is fish.
(Isn't cladistics and taxonomy *fun*? Isn't it *fun* to see which side of various cladistics debates has dominated which Wikipedia or other encyclopedic entries?)
People is fish.
(Isn't cladistics and taxonomy *fun*? Isn't it *fun* to see which side of various cladistics debates has dominated which Wikipedia or other encyclopedic entries?)
Enigmatic indeed! New paper out today, led by my wonderful (then 3rd year) student Hannah Thiele on “Deciphering Cainocara enigma from the Late #Devonian #Gogo Formation, Australia” #FlindersPalaeo
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Deciphering Cainocara enigma from the Late Devonian Gogo Formation, Australia
The Late Devonian Gogo Formation, Western Australia, preserves a diverse collection of Frasnian vertebrates, including the most diverse assemblage of lungfishes (Sarcopterygii, Dipnoi) from any geolog...
cdnsciencepub.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Enigmatic indeed! New paper out today, led by my wonderful (then 3rd year) student Hannah Thiele on “Deciphering Cainocara enigma from the Late #Devonian #Gogo Formation, Australia” #FlindersPalaeo
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Very proud of this one, my first foray into #biomechanics using #FEA!
“Comparison of diverse mandibular mechanics during biting in Devonian lungfishes”, published today in @cp-iscience.bsky.social, based on Joshua Bland’s honours work:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“Comparison of diverse mandibular mechanics during biting in Devonian lungfishes”, published today in @cp-iscience.bsky.social, based on Joshua Bland’s honours work:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Comparison of diverse mandibular mechanics during biting in Devonian lungfishes
Fossil lungfish from the Late Devonian Gogo Formation, Australia, feature some of the most remarkable and specialized mandible morphologies in their 4…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Very proud of this one, my first foray into #biomechanics using #FEA!
“Comparison of diverse mandibular mechanics during biting in Devonian lungfishes”, published today in @cp-iscience.bsky.social, based on Joshua Bland’s honours work:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“Comparison of diverse mandibular mechanics during biting in Devonian lungfishes”, published today in @cp-iscience.bsky.social, based on Joshua Bland’s honours work:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...