Randall F. Miller

TL;DR: This specimen is the oldest shark showing the tooth families in situ, and preserves one of the oldest chondrichthyan braincases, and shows the presence of paired pectoral fin-spines, previously unknown in cartilaginous fishes.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce the umbrella term "sedimentary surface textures" and propose a methodology for classifying such structures in the geological record, and demonstrate that morphological similarity alone does not constitute scientific proof of a common origin, and reinstates a passive descriptive terminology for sedimentary surface textures that cannot be achieved with the current MISS lexicon.

TL;DR: The distribution and community ecology of Early Pennsylvanian vegetation on a seasonally dry fluvial megafan is reconstructed from plant assemblages in the Tynemouth Creek Formation of New Brunswick, Canada.

TL;DR: Doliodus has curious bar-like, paired subcranial ridges ending posteriorly at the hyomandibular articulation, adding circumstantial palaeontological support to the old proposal that parts of visceral arches may be incorporated into the gnathostome braincase, although it seems more plausible that they formed in the lateral margins of the embryonic parachordal or hypotic lamina.

TL;DR: Hydrogen isotopic analyses of beetle chitin demonstrate the potential for development of a palaeoclimatic tool that can be used to complement current palaeoentomological methods, and demonstrate small interspecific and intraspecific variation in beetles of different habit.