In retrospect

Article Abstract:

The 1926 book 'The Dogs Bark,' written under the pseudonym of Herbert Wild by French geologist Jacques Deprat, attracted great controversy in geological circles in France, especially as it made only slightly veiled references to a number of leading figures in geology and palaeontology. The book is largely an autobiographical novel about palaeontological fraud, reflecting Deprat's experiences of being accused of salting his fossil collections from Tonkin, Yunnan and northern Annam with European trilobites.

Influence, Bibliography, The Dogs Bark (Book), Deprat, Jacques

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Catching the first fish

Article Abstract:

Shu and colleagues have discovered two fish-like fossils from Chengjiang in Yunnan, China that may be Early Cambrian vertebrates.Vertebrate remains from the beginning og the Ordovician have been found, but all Cambrian fossils believed to be vertebrates from the Late Cambrian, are controversial. One of the newly discovered species appears to be more closely related to lampreys, and the other seems to be a sister-group to all other vertebrates apart from hagfishes.

Research, Observations, Ichthyological research, Ichthyology, Cambrian period

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Denticles in thelodonts

Article Abstract:

A study of some fossils of thelodonts, in Scotland, with acid preparation, revealed unique internal assemblages of minute denticles or denticle bearing plates, similar to pharyngeal dermal characteristics of jawed vertebrates. This study has made possible the description of the distribution of the internal denticles of the thelodonts and their functions.

Testing, Vertebrates, Letter to the Editor, Animal anatomy

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