Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Prolonged morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes following the end-Cretaceous
A. Ghezelayagh, R. C. Harrington, E. D. Burress…·T. J. Near
This study investigates the morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes after the K-Pg extinction, finding a prolonged diversification driven by body elongation and lineage radiation throughout the Cenozoic.
DOI 10.1038/s41559-022-01801-3