2025
[16] Dearden R.P., Johanson, Z., O’Neill, H.L., Miles, K., Bernard, E.L., Clark, B., Underwood, C., and Rücklin, M. Three-dimensional fossils of a Cretaceous collared carpet shark (Parascylliidae, Orectolobiformes) shed light on skeletal evolution in galeomorphs. Royal Society Open Science.
[15] Schnetz, L., Lanzetti A., Jones, A., Dearden R.P., Lautenschlager S., Giles S., Johanson Z., and Sansom, I.J. From head to tail: 3D imaging the whole body morphology of the stem gnathostome Anglaspis heintzi. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
[14] López-Romero F. A., Villalobos-Segura E., Türtscher J., Berio F., Stumpf S., Dearden R. P., Kriwet J.,and Maldonado E. 2025. Evolution of the Batoidea Pectoral Fin Skeleton: Convergence, Modularity, and Integration Driving Disparity Trends. Evolutionary Ecology
2024
[13] Brownstein C.D., Near T.J., and Dearden R.P. 2024 The Paleozoic assembly of the holocephalan body plan far preceded post-Cretaceous radiations into the ocean depths. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
[12] Dearden RP, Herrel A, and Pradel A (2024) The pharynx of the iconic stem-group chondrichthyan Acanthodes (Agassiz, 1833) revisited with micro computed tomography. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
[11] Dearden RP, Jones AS, Giles S, Lanzetti A, Grohganz M, Johanson Z, Lautenschlager S, Randle E, Donoghue PCJ, Sansom IJ (2024) The three-dimensionally articulated oral apparatus of a Devonian heterostracan sheds light on feeding in Palaeozoic jawless fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
[10] Yu D, Ren Y, Uesaka M et al. (including Dearden RP) (2024) Hagfish genome elucidates vertebrate whole genome duplication events and their evolutionary consequences. Nature Ecology & Evolution
2023
[9] Dearden RP, Lanzetti A, Giles S, Johanson Z, Jones AS, Lautenschlager S, Randle E, Sansom IJ (2023) The oldest three-dimensionally preserved vertebrate neurocranium. Nature
[8] Dearden RP, Herrel A, and Pradel A (2023) Evidence for high-performance suction feeding in the Pennsylvanian stem-group holocephalan Iniopera. PNAS
2022
[7] Clements T, Atterby J, Cleary T, Dearden RP, and Rossi V (2022) The perception of palaeontology in commercial off-the-shelf video games and an assessment of their potential as educational tools. Geoscience Communication
2021
[6] Dearden RP and Giles S (2021) Diverse stem-chondrichthyan oral structures and evidence for an independently acquired acanthodid dentition. Royal Society Open Science
[5] Pradel A, Dearden RP, Cuckovic A, Mansuit R, and Janvier PJ (2021) The visceral skeleton and its relation to the head circulatory system of both a fossil, the Carboniferous Iniopera, and a modern, Callorhinchus milii holocephalan (Chondrichthyes). Ancient Fishes and their living relatives: a tribute to John G Maisey edited by Alan Pradel, John S.S. Denton, and Philippe Janvier, Pfeil-Verlag
[4] Dearden RP, den Blaauwen JL, Sansom IJ, Burrow CJ, Davidson R, Newman MJ, Ko A, and Brazeau MD (2021) A revision of Vernicomacanthus Miles with comments on the characters of stem-group chondrichthyans. Papers in Palaeontology
[3] Dearden RP, Mansuit R., Cuckovic A, Herrel A, Dominique D, Tafforeau P, and Pradel A (2021) The morphology and evolution of chondrichthyan cranial muscles: a digital dissection of the elephantfish Callorhinchus milii and the catshark Scyliorhinus canicula. Journal of Anatomy
2020
[2] Brazeau MD, Giles S, Dearden RP, Jerve A, Ariunchimeg YA, Zorig E, Sansom R, Guillerme T, and Castiello M (2020) Endochondral bone in an Early Devonian ‘placoderm’ from Mongolia. Nature Ecology and Evolution
2019
[1] Dearden RP, Stockey CS, and Brazeau MD (2019) The pharynx of the stem-chondrichthyan Ptomacanthus and the early evolution of the gnathostome gill skeleton. Nature Communications