Discover how the first mass extinction put jawed fishes on the map, species that would later come to dominate animal life on ...

A massive ice age wiped out ocean life 445 million years ago, reshaping ecosystems and setting the stage for jawed fish ...

A pair of 'Sacabambaspis' fish, around 14 inches (35 centimeters) in length, which had distinct, forward-facing eyes and an ...

A devastating ice age wiped out most marine life, yet new research reveals how this ancient disaster unexpectedly paved the ...

A set of jaws can invoke visions of deadly toothy sharks, and now scientists find the earliest fish with chops — the ancestors of all jawed creatures with backbones — were also armed with teeth, ...

A skull of Romundina, one of the earliest jawed fish, is shown in this image courtesy of Uppsala University in Sweden. REUTERS/Philippe Loubry, MNHN-CNRS-UPMC/Handout (Reuters) By Will Dunham ...

Scientists describe the skull and jaws of a fish that lived about 410 million years ago. Their study may give important clues to the origin of jawed vertebrates. In an article in the journal Nature ...

Mention the ocean, and it’s hard not to think of jaws. The deep waters contain many tooth-lined mouths: the bear-trap maws of sharks and dolphins, the slack lips of shoaling and reef fish, the ...

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Paleontologists unearthed fish teeth that are 14 million years older than any other teeth found from any species – and the discovery could rewrite our understanding of early evolution. Four studies ...

A stunningly preserved, soft-bodied fish that is more than 500 million years old could be the ancestor of almost all living vertebrates. The fossilized fish, called Metaspriggina, sports ...