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- Evolution and Development of Fishes
- Evolution and Development of Fishes
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 The Evolution of Fishes through Geological Time
- 2 Comparative Development of Cyclostomes
- 3 The Ordovician Enigma
- 4 The Evolution of Vertebrate Dermal Jaw Bones in the Light of Maxillate Placoderms
- 5 Doliodus and Pucapampellids
- 6 The Evolution of Endoskeletal Mineralisation in Chondrichthyan Fish
- 7 Plasticity and Variation of Skeletal Cells and Tissues and the Evolutionary Development of Actinopterygian Fishes
- 8 Origin, Development and Evolution of the Fish Skull
- 9 Evolution, Development and Regeneration of Fish Dentitions
- 10 Development of Head Muscles in Fishes and Notes on Phylogeny-Ontogeny Links
- 11 Evolutionary Development of the Postcranial and Appendicular Skeleton in Fishes
- 12 Evolution of Vertebrate Reproduction
- 13 Links between Thyroid Hormone Alterations and Developmental Changes in the Evolution of the Weberian Apparatus
- 14 Pharyngeal Remodelling in Vertebrate Evolution
- 15 Evolution of Air Breathing and Lung Distribution among Fossil Fishes
- Index
- References
15 - Evolution of Air Breathing and Lung Distribution among Fossil Fishes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 December 2018
- Evolution and Development of Fishes
- Evolution and Development of Fishes
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 The Evolution of Fishes through Geological Time
- 2 Comparative Development of Cyclostomes
- 3 The Ordovician Enigma
- 4 The Evolution of Vertebrate Dermal Jaw Bones in the Light of Maxillate Placoderms
- 5 Doliodus and Pucapampellids
- 6 The Evolution of Endoskeletal Mineralisation in Chondrichthyan Fish
- 7 Plasticity and Variation of Skeletal Cells and Tissues and the Evolutionary Development of Actinopterygian Fishes
- 8 Origin, Development and Evolution of the Fish Skull
- 9 Evolution, Development and Regeneration of Fish Dentitions
- 10 Development of Head Muscles in Fishes and Notes on Phylogeny-Ontogeny Links
- 11 Evolutionary Development of the Postcranial and Appendicular Skeleton in Fishes
- 12 Evolution of Vertebrate Reproduction
- 13 Links between Thyroid Hormone Alterations and Developmental Changes in the Evolution of the Weberian Apparatus
- 14 Pharyngeal Remodelling in Vertebrate Evolution
- 15 Evolution of Air Breathing and Lung Distribution among Fossil Fishes
- Index
- References
Summary
Air-breathing evolved in fishes during the Silurian, prior to the conquest of terrestrial environments, as the first air-breathing groups were still aquatic forms. Among fossil fishes and stem-tetrapods, the air-breathing behaviour was described based on anatomical structures and organs, such as spiracles, skeletal buccal pump components, cranial ribs, well-developed pleural ribs, integumentary dermal skeleton, choanae and calcified lungs. However, due to the rarity of soft tissue preservation in the fossil record, the presence of lungs is mostly described among fossil coelacanths, which present a pulmonary complex covered by ossified lung plates throughout its length. Here, we describe the main differences among fossil coelacanth lungs, review some of the accessory air-breathing structures in fossil fishes and stem-tetrapods and discuss the air-breathing evolution that enabled the rise and development of early vertebrates on the terrestrial environment.
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- Evolution and Development of Fishes , pp. 252 - 262Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019