List of works - Matt Friedman

100-million-year dynasty of giant planktivorous bony fishes in the Mesozoic seas ⬇️

scientific article

A New Actinopterygian from the Famennian of East Greenland and the Interrelationships of Devonian Ray-Finned Fishes

scholarly article by MATT FRIEDMAN & HENNING BLOM published November 2006 in Journal of Paleontology

A lower jaw ofPalaeoxonodonfrom the Middle Jurassic of the Isle of Skye, Scotland, sheds new light on the diversity of British stem therians

article

A new stem sarcopterygian illuminates patterns of character evolution in early bony fishes

scientific article

A new time-scale for ray-finned fish evolution

scientific article (publication date: 22 February 2007)

A newly recognized fossil coelacanth highlights the early morphological diversification of the clade

scientific article

A phylogenomic framework for pelagiarian fishes (Acanthomorpha: Percomorpha) highlights mosaic radiation in the open ocean

scientific article published on 11 September 2019

A reappraisal of the origin and basal radiation of the Osteichthyes

A three-dimensional placoderm (stem-group gnathostome) pharyngeal skeleton and its implications for primitive gnathostome pharyngeal architecture

scientific article

An early fossil remora (Echeneoidea) reveals the evolutionary assembly of the adhesion disc

scientific article (publication date: 7 September 2013)

An exceptionally preserved Late Devonian actinopterygian provides a new model for primitive cranial anatomy in ray-finned fishes

scientific article (publication date: 7 October 2015)

An inverse latitudinal gradient in speciation rate for marine fishes

scientific article published in Nature

Bajaichthys elegans from the Eocene of Bolca (Italy) and the overlooked morphological diversity of Zeiformes (Teleostei, Acanthomorpha)

article

Body-shape diversity in Triassic–Early Cretaceous neopterygian fishes: sustained holostean disparity and predominantly gradual increases in teleost phenotypic variety

Bony labyrinth morphology in early neopterygian fishes (Actinopterygii: Neopterygii).

scientific article

Boom and bust: ancient and recent diversification in bichirs (Polypteridae: Actinopterygii), a relictual lineage of ray-finned fishes

scientific article published on 02 January 2014

Comparative anatomy of the gill skeleton of fossil Aulopiformes (Teleostei: Eurypterygii)

article published in 2017

Computed tomography scanning as a tool for linking the skeletal and otolith-based fossil records of teleost fishes

scholarly article by Werner Schwarzhans et al published 21 February 2018 in Palaeontology

Early evolution of the lungfish pectoral-fin endoskeleton: evidence from the Middle Devonian (Givetian) Pentlandia macroptera

article

Early fossils illuminate character evolution and interrelationships of Lampridiformes (Teleostei, Acanthomorpha)

scientific article published in 2014

Early members of 'living fossil' lineage imply later origin of modern ray-finned fishes.

scientific article

Ecomorphological selectivity among marine teleost fishes during the end-Cretaceous extinction ⬇️

scientific article

Endocranial morphology of the petalichthyid placoderm Ellopetalichthys scheii from the Middle Devonian of Arctic Canada, with remarks on the inner ear and neck joint morphology of placoderms

scientific article

Endoskeletal structure in Cheirolepis (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii), An early ray-finned fish

scientific article

Erratum: Early members of 'living fossil' lineage imply later origin of modern ray-finned fishes

scientific article

Ever Since Owen: Changing Perspectives on the Early Evolution of Tetrapods

scientific article published in 2008

Evidence for a Mid-Jurassic Adaptive Radiation in Mammals

scientific article

Evolutionary origin of the Scombridae (tunas and mackerels): members of a paleogene adaptive radiation with 14 other pelagic fish families

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Explosive diversification of marine fishes at the Cretaceous–Palaeogene boundary

scientific article published on 12 March 2018

Explosive morphological diversification of spiny-finned teleost fishes in the aftermath of the end-Cretaceous extinction

scientific article

Extinction of fish-shaped marine reptiles associated with reduced evolutionary rates and global environmental volatility

scientific article

Feeding structures in the ray-finned fish Eurynotus crenatus (Actinopterygii: Eurynotiformes): implications for trophic diversification among Carboniferous actinopterygians

First discovery of a primitive coelacanth fin fills a major gap in the evolution of lobed fins and limbs

scientific article

First record of mawsoniid coelacanths (Actinistia, Sarcopterygii) from the marine Rhaetian (Upper Triassic) of Bonenburg, Germany

scientific article published in 2021

Fossil fishes from the high Canadian Arctic: further palaeobiological evidence for extreme climatic warmth during the Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Coniacian)

article

Heads or tails: staged diversification in vertebrate evolutionary radiations

scientific article (publication date: 22 May 2012)

Histology of the endothermic opah ( sp.) suggests a new structure-function relationship in teleost fish bone

scientific article published on 01 June 2018

Ice ages and butterflyfishes: Phylogenomics elucidates the ecological and evolutionary history of reef fishes in an endemism hotspot

scientific article published on 23 October 2018

Initial radiation of jaws demonstrated stability despite faunal and environmental change

scientific article

Integration drives rapid phenotypic evolution in flatfishes

Internal cranial anatomy of Early Triassic species of †Saurichthys (Actinopterygii: †Saurichthyiformes): implications for the phylogenetic placement of †saurichthyiforms

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Journal club. A palaeontologist ponders how biodiversity is spread across the vertebrate tree of life

scientific article

Large-bodied sabre-toothed anchovies reveal unanticipated ecological diversity in early Palaeogene teleosts

scientific article published on 13 May 2020

Late to the table: diversification of tetrapod mandibular biomechanics lagged behind the evolution of terrestriality

scientific article published on 22 March 2013

Little evidence for enhanced phenotypic evolution in early teleosts relative to their living fossil sister group ⬇️

scientific article

Molecular and fossil evidence place the origin of cichlid fishes long after Gondwanan rifting

scientific article (publication date: 7 November 2013)

Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of fossil snake mackerels and cutlassfishes (Trichiuroidea) from the Eocene (Ypresian) London Clay Formation

scholarly article by Hermione T. Beckett et al published 21 June 2018 in Papers in Palaeontology

Mosaicism in a new Eocene pufferfish highlights rapid morphological innovation near the origin of crown tetraodontiforms

article

On fossils, phylogenies and sequences of evolutionary change

scientific article (publication date: 7 June 2014)

Open data and digital morphology

scientific article (publication date: 12 April 2017)

Osteichthyan-like cranial conditions in an Early Devonian stem gnathostome

scientific article

Osteology of †Heteronectes chaneti(Acanthomorpha, Pleuronectiformes), an Eocene stem flatfish, with a discussion of flatfish sister-group relationships

article

Palaeontology: A jaw-dropping fossil fish

scientific article published on 25 September 2013

Paleontology. Emerging onto a tangled bank

scientific article

Parallel evolutionary trajectories underlie the origin of giant suspension-feeding whales and bony fishes ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 7 March 2012)

Patterns of mammalian jaw ecomorphological disparity during the Mesozoic/Cenozoic transition

journal article from 'Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences' published in 2019

Phylogenetic analysis of molecular and morphological data highlights uncertainty in the relationships of fossil and living species of Elopomorpha (Actinopterygii: Teleostei).

scientific article

Phylogenetic informativeness reconciles ray-finned fish molecular divergence times

scientific article

Phylogenetic relationships and timing of diversification in gonorynchiform fishes inferred using nuclear gene DNA sequences (Teleostei: Ostariophysi).

scientific article

Phylogenomic analysis of carangimorph fishes reveals flatfish asymmetry arose in a blink of the evolutionary eye

scientific article

Phylogeny and tempo of diversification in the superradiation of spiny-rayed fishes

scientific article (publication date: 30 July 2013)

Placoderm muscles and chordate interrelationships

scientific article (publication date: 23 February 2008)

Probabilistic divergence time estimation without branch lengths: dating the origins of dinosaurs, avian flight and crown birds ⬇️

scientific article

Prolonged morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes following the end-Cretaceous

scientific article published in 2022

Redescription of the cranial skeleton of the Early Devonian (Emsian) sarcopterygian Durialepis edentatus Otto (Dipnomorpha, Porolepiformes)

scientific article published on 4 May 2020

Resolution of ray-finned fish phylogeny and timing of diversification

scientific article (publication date: 21 August 2012)

Sequences, stratigraphy and scenarios: what can we say about the fossil record of the earliest tetrapods?

scientific article

Taxonomy and Phylogeny Can Yield Comparable Results in Comparative Paleontological Analyses

scientific article published on 24 March 2015

The Oldest Actinopterygian Highlights the Cryptic Early History of the Hyperdiverse Ray-Finned Fishes

scientific article (publication date: June 2016)

The Rise of Jaw Protrusion in Spiny-Rayed Fishes Closes the Gap on Elusive Prey

scientific article published on 6 October 2015

The characters of Palaeozoic jawed vertebrates

scientific article

The evolutionary origin of flatfish asymmetry

scientific article

The nearshore cradle of early vertebrate diversification

scientific article published in Science

The origin and early phylogenetic history of jawed vertebrates

scientific article

The phylogenetic origin and evolution of acellular bone in teleost fishes: insights into osteocyte function in bone metabolism

scientific article published on 28 March 2019

The rapid evolution of lungfish durophagy

scientific article published on 02 May 2022

Trigonotarbus johnsoni Pocock, 1911, revealed by X-ray computed tomography, with a cladistic analysis of the extinct trigonotarbid arachnids

scientific article (publication date: 5 August 2014)

Vicariance and dispersal in southern hemisphere freshwater fish clades: a palaeontological perspective

scientific article published on 19 October 2018

Virtual reconstruction of endocast anatomy in early ray-finned fishes (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii)

scientific article published in 2014

List of works by Matt Friedman

100-million-year dynasty of giant planktivorous bony fishes in the Mesozoic seas ⬇️

A New Actinopterygian from the Famennian of East Greenland and the Interrelationships of Devonian Ray-Finned Fishes

A lower jaw ofPalaeoxonodonfrom the Middle Jurassic of the Isle of Skye, Scotland, sheds new light on the diversity of British stem therians

A new stem sarcopterygian illuminates patterns of character evolution in early bony fishes

A new time-scale for ray-finned fish evolution

A newly recognized fossil coelacanth highlights the early morphological diversification of the clade

A phylogenomic framework for pelagiarian fishes (Acanthomorpha: Percomorpha) highlights mosaic radiation in the open ocean

A reappraisal of the origin and basal radiation of the Osteichthyes

A three-dimensional placoderm (stem-group gnathostome) pharyngeal skeleton and its implications for primitive gnathostome pharyngeal architecture

An early fossil remora (Echeneoidea) reveals the evolutionary assembly of the adhesion disc

An exceptionally preserved Late Devonian actinopterygian provides a new model for primitive cranial anatomy in ray-finned fishes

An inverse latitudinal gradient in speciation rate for marine fishes

Bajaichthys elegans from the Eocene of Bolca (Italy) and the overlooked morphological diversity of Zeiformes (Teleostei, Acanthomorpha)

Body-shape diversity in Triassic–Early Cretaceous neopterygian fishes: sustained holostean disparity and predominantly gradual increases in teleost phenotypic variety

Bony labyrinth morphology in early neopterygian fishes (Actinopterygii: Neopterygii).

Boom and bust: ancient and recent diversification in bichirs (Polypteridae: Actinopterygii), a relictual lineage of ray-finned fishes

Comparative anatomy of the gill skeleton of fossil Aulopiformes (Teleostei: Eurypterygii)

Computed tomography scanning as a tool for linking the skeletal and otolith-based fossil records of teleost fishes

Early evolution of the lungfish pectoral-fin endoskeleton: evidence from the Middle Devonian (Givetian) Pentlandia macroptera

Early fossils illuminate character evolution and interrelationships of Lampridiformes (Teleostei, Acanthomorpha)

Early members of 'living fossil' lineage imply later origin of modern ray-finned fishes.

Ecomorphological selectivity among marine teleost fishes during the end-Cretaceous extinction ⬇️

Endocranial morphology of the petalichthyid placoderm Ellopetalichthys scheii from the Middle Devonian of Arctic Canada, with remarks on the inner ear and neck joint morphology of placoderms

Endoskeletal structure in Cheirolepis (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii), An early ray-finned fish

Erratum: Early members of 'living fossil' lineage imply later origin of modern ray-finned fishes

Ever Since Owen: Changing Perspectives on the Early Evolution of Tetrapods

Evidence for a Mid-Jurassic Adaptive Radiation in Mammals

Evolutionary origin of the Scombridae (tunas and mackerels): members of a paleogene adaptive radiation with 14 other pelagic fish families

Explosive diversification of marine fishes at the Cretaceous–Palaeogene boundary

Explosive morphological diversification of spiny-finned teleost fishes in the aftermath of the end-Cretaceous extinction

Extinction of fish-shaped marine reptiles associated with reduced evolutionary rates and global environmental volatility

Feeding structures in the ray-finned fish Eurynotus crenatus (Actinopterygii: Eurynotiformes): implications for trophic diversification among Carboniferous actinopterygians

First discovery of a primitive coelacanth fin fills a major gap in the evolution of lobed fins and limbs

First record of mawsoniid coelacanths (Actinistia, Sarcopterygii) from the marine Rhaetian (Upper Triassic) of Bonenburg, Germany

Fossil fishes from the high Canadian Arctic: further palaeobiological evidence for extreme climatic warmth during the Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Coniacian)

Heads or tails: staged diversification in vertebrate evolutionary radiations

Histology of the endothermic opah ( sp.) suggests a new structure-function relationship in teleost fish bone

Ice ages and butterflyfishes: Phylogenomics elucidates the ecological and evolutionary history of reef fishes in an endemism hotspot

Initial radiation of jaws demonstrated stability despite faunal and environmental change

Integration drives rapid phenotypic evolution in flatfishes

Internal cranial anatomy of Early Triassic species of †Saurichthys (Actinopterygii: †Saurichthyiformes): implications for the phylogenetic placement of †saurichthyiforms

Journal club. A palaeontologist ponders how biodiversity is spread across the vertebrate tree of life

Large-bodied sabre-toothed anchovies reveal unanticipated ecological diversity in early Palaeogene teleosts

Late to the table: diversification of tetrapod mandibular biomechanics lagged behind the evolution of terrestriality

Little evidence for enhanced phenotypic evolution in early teleosts relative to their living fossil sister group ⬇️

Molecular and fossil evidence place the origin of cichlid fishes long after Gondwanan rifting

Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of fossil snake mackerels and cutlassfishes (Trichiuroidea) from the Eocene (Ypresian) London Clay Formation

Mosaicism in a new Eocene pufferfish highlights rapid morphological innovation near the origin of crown tetraodontiforms

On fossils, phylogenies and sequences of evolutionary change

Open data and digital morphology

Osteichthyan-like cranial conditions in an Early Devonian stem gnathostome

Osteology of †Heteronectes chaneti(Acanthomorpha, Pleuronectiformes), an Eocene stem flatfish, with a discussion of flatfish sister-group relationships

Palaeontology: A jaw-dropping fossil fish

Paleontology. Emerging onto a tangled bank

Parallel evolutionary trajectories underlie the origin of giant suspension-feeding whales and bony fishes ⬇️

Patterns of mammalian jaw ecomorphological disparity during the Mesozoic/Cenozoic transition

Phylogenetic analysis of molecular and morphological data highlights uncertainty in the relationships of fossil and living species of Elopomorpha (Actinopterygii: Teleostei).

Phylogenetic informativeness reconciles ray-finned fish molecular divergence times

Phylogenetic relationships and timing of diversification in gonorynchiform fishes inferred using nuclear gene DNA sequences (Teleostei: Ostariophysi).

Phylogenomic analysis of carangimorph fishes reveals flatfish asymmetry arose in a blink of the evolutionary eye

Phylogeny and tempo of diversification in the superradiation of spiny-rayed fishes

Placoderm muscles and chordate interrelationships

Probabilistic divergence time estimation without branch lengths: dating the origins of dinosaurs, avian flight and crown birds ⬇️

Prolonged morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes following the end-Cretaceous

Redescription of the cranial skeleton of the Early Devonian (Emsian) sarcopterygian Durialepis edentatus Otto (Dipnomorpha, Porolepiformes)

Resolution of ray-finned fish phylogeny and timing of diversification

Sequences, stratigraphy and scenarios: what can we say about the fossil record of the earliest tetrapods?

Taxonomy and Phylogeny Can Yield Comparable Results in Comparative Paleontological Analyses

The Oldest Actinopterygian Highlights the Cryptic Early History of the Hyperdiverse Ray-Finned Fishes

The Rise of Jaw Protrusion in Spiny-Rayed Fishes Closes the Gap on Elusive Prey

The characters of Palaeozoic jawed vertebrates

The evolutionary origin of flatfish asymmetry

The nearshore cradle of early vertebrate diversification

The origin and early phylogenetic history of jawed vertebrates

The phylogenetic origin and evolution of acellular bone in teleost fishes: insights into osteocyte function in bone metabolism

The rapid evolution of lungfish durophagy

Trigonotarbus johnsoni Pocock, 1911, revealed by X-ray computed tomography, with a cladistic analysis of the extinct trigonotarbid arachnids

Vicariance and dispersal in southern hemisphere freshwater fish clades: a palaeontological perspective

Virtual reconstruction of endocast anatomy in early ray-finned fishes (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii)