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Yale University: New Haven, CT, US

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Derek Briggs

Works (39)

New Silurian aculiferan fossils reveal complex early history of Mollusca

Nature
2025-01-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Mark D. Sutton; Julia D. Sigwart; Derek E. G. Briggs; Pierre Gueriau; Andrew King; David J. Siveter; Derek J. Siveter
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Convergent evolution of giant size in eurypterids

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2024-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Alexander Ruebenstahl; Nicolás Mongiardino Koch; James C. Lamsdell; Derek E. G. Briggs
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Preserved appendages in a Silurian binodicope: implications for the evolutionary history of ostracod crustaceans

Biology Letters
2024-05 | Journal article
Contributors: David J. Siveter; Derek E. G. Briggs; Derek J. Siveter; Mark D. Sutton
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The lower Cambrian Cranbrook Lagerstätte of British Columbia

Journal of the Geological Society
2024-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Jean-Bernard Caron; Mark Webster; Derek E. G. Briggs; Giovanni Pari; Guy Santucci; M. Gabriela Mángano; Alejandro Izquierdo-López; Michael Streng; Robert R. Gaines
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A Silurian pseudocolonial pterobranch

Current Biology
2023-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Derek E.G. Briggs; Nicolás Mongiardino Koch
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Fossilisation processes and our reading of animal antiquity

Trends in Ecology & Evolution
2023-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Ross P. Anderson; Christina R. Woltz; Nicholas J. Tosca; Susannah M. Porter; Derek E.G. Briggs
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A hydrozoan from the eurypterid-dominated Silurian Bertie Group Lagerstätten of North America

Journal of Paleontology
2023-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Evelyn Larson; Derek E.G. Briggs
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Newly discovered morphology of the Silurian sea spider Haliestes and its implications

Papers in Palaeontology
2023-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Derek J. Siveter; Romain Sabroux; Derek E. G. Briggs; David J. Siveter; Mark D. Sutton
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Reply to: Amniote metabolism and the evolution of endothermy

Nature
2023-09-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Jasmina Wiemann; Iris Menéndez; Jason M. Crawford; Matteo Fabbri; Jacques A. Gauthier; Pincelli M. Hull; Mark A. Norell; Derek E. G. Briggs
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A vicissicaudatan arthropod from the Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte, UK

Royal Society Open Science
2023-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Derek E. G. Briggs; David J. Siveter; Derek J. Siveter; Mark D. Sutton; David Legg; James C. Lamsdell
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The soft-bodied biota of the Cambrian Series 2 Parker Quarry Lagerstätte of northwestern Vermont, USA

Journal of Paleontology
2022-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Giovanni Pari; Derek E.G. Briggs; Robert R. Gaines
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Fossil biomolecules reveal an avian metabolism in the ancestral dinosaur

Nature
2022-06-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Jasmina Wiemann; Iris Menéndez; Jason M. Crawford; Matteo Fabbri; Jacques A. Gauthier; Pincelli M. Hull; Mark A. Norell; Derek E. G. Briggs
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Raman spectroscopy is a powerful tool in molecular paleobiology: An analytical response to Alleon et al. (https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.202000295)

BioEssays
2022-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Jasmina Wiemann; Derek E. G. Briggs
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The Gogo Formation Lagerstätte: a view of Australia's first great barrier reef

Journal of the Geological Society
2022-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Kate Trinajstic; Derek E. G. Briggs; John A. Long
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The remarkable visual system of a Cretaceous crab

iScience
2022-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Kelsey M. Jenkins; Derek E.G. Briggs; Javier Luque
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A Silurian ophiuroid with soft‐tissue preservation

Papers in Palaeontology
2021-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Reece P. Carter; Mark D. Sutton; Derek E. G. Briggs; Imran A. Rahman; David J. Siveter; Derek J. Siveter; George Sevastopulo
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The first Silurian trilobite with three‐dimensionally preserved soft parts reveals novel appendage morphology

Papers in Palaeontology
2021-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Derek J. Siveter; Richard A. Fortey; Derek E. G. Briggs; David J. Siveter; Mark D. Sutton; Xi‐Guang Zhang
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Crab in amber reveals an early colonization of nonmarine environments during the Cretaceous

Science Advances
2021-10-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Javier Luque; Lida Xing; Derek E. G. Briggs; Elizabeth G. Clark; Alex Duque; Junbo Hui; Huijuan Mai; Ryan C. McKellar
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Three-dimensional visualization as a tool for interpreting locomotion strategies in ophiuroids from the Devonian Hunsrück Slate

Royal Society Open Science
2020-12 | Journal article
Contributors: E. G. Clark; J. R. Hutchinson; D. E. G. Briggs
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Correction to ‘What big eyes you have: the ecological role of giant pterygotid eurypterids’

Biology Letters
2020-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Ross P. Anderson; Victoria E. McCoy; Maria E. McNamara; Derek E. G. Briggs
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Chemical signatures of soft tissues distinguish between vertebrates and invertebrates from the Carboniferous Mazon Creek Lagerstätte of Illinois

Geobiology
2020-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Victoria E. McCoy; Jasmina Wiemann; James C. Lamsdell; Christopher D. Whalen; Scott Lidgard; Paul Mayer; Holger Petermann; Derek E. G. Briggs
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Paleozoic ammonoid ecomorphometrics test ecospace availability as a driver of morphological diversification

Science Advances
2020-09-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Christopher D. Whalen; Pincelli M. Hull; Derek E. G. Briggs
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Aluminosilicate haloes preserve complex life approximately 800 million years ago

Interface Focus
2020-08-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Ross P. Anderson; Nicholas J. Tosca; Gianfelice Cinque; Mark D. Frogley; Ioannis Lekkas; Austin Akey; Gareth M. Hughes; Kristin D. Bergmann; Andrew H. Knoll; Derek E. G. Briggs
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Phylogenetic and physiological signals in metazoan fossil biomolecules

Science Advances
2020-07-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Jasmina Wiemann; Jason M. Crawford; Derek E. G. Briggs
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Arm waving in stylophoran echinoderms: three-dimensional mobility analysis illuminates cornute locomotion

Royal Society Open Science
2020-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Elizabeth G. Clark; John R. Hutchinson; Peter J. Bishop; Derek E. G. Briggs
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Three‐dimensional soft tissue preservation revealed in the skin of a non‐avian dinosaur

Palaeontology
2020-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Matteo Fabbri; Jasmina Wiemann; Fabio Manucci; Derek E. G. Briggs; Robert Sansom
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The Herefordshire Lagerstätte: fleshing out Silurian marine life

Journal of the Geological Society
2020-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Derek J. Siveter; Derek E. G. Briggs; David J. Siveter; Mark D. Sutton
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A farewell to arms: using X-ray synchrotron imaging to investigate autotomy in brittle stars

Zoomorphology
2019-09 | Journal article
Contributors: E. G. Clark; K. Fezzaa; J. E. Burke; R. A. Racicot; J. O. Shaw; S. Westacott; D. E. G. Briggs
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Three-dimensionally preserved soft tissues and calcareous hexactins in a Silurian sponge: implications for early sponge evolution

Royal Society Open Science
2019-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Ardianty Nadhira; Mark D. Sutton; Joseph P. Botting; Lucy A. Muir; Pierre Gueriau; Andrew King; Derek E. G. Briggs; David J. Siveter; Derek J. Siveter
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A new ophiocistioid with soft-tissue preservation from the Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte, and the evolution of the holothurian body plan

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2019-04-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Imran A. Rahman; Jeffrey R. Thompson; Derek E. G. Briggs; David J. Siveter; Derek J. Siveter; Mark D. Sutton
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A well-preserved respiratory system in a Silurian ostracod

Biology Letters
2018-11 | Journal article
Contributors: David J. Siveter; Derek E. G. Briggs; Derek J. Siveter; Mark D. Sutton
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The Winneshiek biota: exceptionally well-preserved fossils in a Middle Ordovician impact crater

Journal of the Geological Society
2018-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Derek E.G. Briggs; Huaibao P. Liu; Robert M. McKay; Brian J. Witzke
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Fossilization transforms vertebrate hard tissue proteins into N-heterocyclic polymers

Nature Communications
2018-11-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Jasmina Wiemann; Matteo Fabbri; Tzu-Ruei Yang; Koen Stein; P. Martin Sander; Mark A. Norell; Derek E. G. Briggs
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A three-dimensionally preserved lobopodian from the Herefordshire (Silurian) Lagerstätte, UK

Royal Society Open Science
2018-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Derek J. Siveter; Derek E. G. Briggs; David J. Siveter; Mark D. Sutton; David Legg
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The Palaeozoic colonization of the water column and the rise of global nekton

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2018-07-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Christopher D. Whalen; Derek E. G. Briggs
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Sampling the insects of the amber forest

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2018-06-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Derek E. G. Briggs
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The function of the ophiuroid nerve ring: how a decentralized nervous system controls coordinated locomotion

Journal of Experimental Biology
2018-01-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Elizabeth G. Clark; Daichi Kanauchi; Takeshi Kano; Hitoshi Aonuma; Derek E. G. Briggs; Akio Ishiguro
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Water vascular system architecture in an Ordovician ophiuroid

Biology Letters
2017-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Elizabeth G. Clark; Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar; Simon A. F. Darroch; Derek E. G. Briggs
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An edrioasteroid from the Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte of England reveals the nature of the water vascular system in an extinct echinoderm

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2017-09-13 | Journal article
Contributors: Derek E. G. Briggs; Derek J. Siveter; David J. Siveter; Mark D. Sutton; Imran A. Rahman
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