Publications

Gai, Z., Lin, X., Shan, X., Ferrón, H. G., & Donoghue, P. C. J. (2023). Postcranial disparity of galeaspids and the evolution of swimming speeds in stem-gnathostomes. National Science Review, nwad050.   

Ferrón, H. G. (2023). Illuminating the evolution of bioluminescence in sharks. Palaeontology, 66(1), e12641.   

Lovrenčić, L., Ferrón, H. G., Grbin, D., & Maguire, I. (2022). Insight into the noble crayfish morphological diversity: a geometric morphometric approach. Knowledge & Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, (423), 9.     

Greif, M., Ferrón, H. G., & Klug, C. (2022). A new Meckel’s cartilage from the Devonian Hangenberg black shale in Morocco and its position in chondrichthyan jaw morphospace. PeerJ10, e14418.     

Jobbins, M., Rücklin, M., Ferrón, H. G., & Klug, C. (2022). A new selenosteid placoderm from the Late Devonian of the eastern Anti-Atlas (Morocco) with preserved body outline and its ecomorphology. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution10, 1007.     

Gai, Z., Li, Q., Ferrón, H. G., Keating, J. N., Wang, J., Donoghue, P. C., & Zhu, M. (2022). Galeaspid anatomy and the origin of vertebrate paired appendages. Nature609(7929), 959-963.     

Ferrón, H. G., & Donoghue, P. C. (2022). Evolutionary analysis of swimming speed in early vertebrates challenges the ‘New Head Hypothesis’. Communications Biology5(1), 863.     

Ferrón, H. G., Ballell, A., Botella, H., & Martinez-Perez, C. (2022). Biomechanics of Machaeracanthus pectoral fin spines provide evidence for distinctive spine function and lifestyle among early chondrichthyans. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 41(6), e2090260.      

Herraiz, J. L., Carrillo-Briceño, J. D., Ferrón, H. G., Adnet, S., Botella, H., & Martínez-Pérez, C. (2022). First fossil record (Middle Miocene) of the viper shark Trigonognathus Mochizuki and Ohe, 1990, in the Mediterranean realm. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology42(1), e2114360.     

Ferrón, H. G., & Palacios-Abella, J. F. (2022). Grouping behaviour impacts on the parasitic pressure and squamation of sharks. Proceedings of the Royal Society B289(1975), 20220093.  

Figueirido, B., Serrano, F. J., Pérez-Ramos, A., Esteban, J. M., Ferrón, H. G., & Martín-Serra, A. (2022). Body-axis organization in tetrapods: a model-system to disentangle the developmental origins of convergent evolution in deep time. Biology Letters18(4), 20220047.  

Ferrón, H. G., Martínez-Pérez, C., Rahman, I. A., Selles de Lucas, V., Botella, H., & Donoghue, P. C. (2021). Functional assessment of morphological homoplasy in stem-gnathostomes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B288(1943), 20202719.  

Ballell, A., & Ferrón, H. G. (2021). Biomechanical insights into the dentition of megatooth sharks (Lamniformes: Otodontidae). Scientific Reports11(1), 1232.  

Herraiz, J. L., Ribé, J., Botella, H., Martínez-Pérez, C., & Ferrón, H. G. (2020). Use of nursery areas by the extinct megatooth shark Otodus megalodon (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes). Biology Letters16(11), 20200746.  

Ferrón, H. G., Martínez-Pérez, C., Rahman, I. A., de Lucas, V. S., Botella, H., & Donoghue, P. C. (2020). Computational fluid dynamics suggests ecological diversification among stem-gnathostomes. Current Biology30(23), 4808-4813.  

Cooper, J. A., Pimiento, C., Ferrón, H. G., & Benton, M. J. (2020). Body dimensions of the extinct giant shark Otodus megalodon: a 2D reconstruction. Scientific reports10(1), 14596.  

Ferrón, H. G., Greenwood, J. M., Deline, B., Martínez‐Pérez, C., Botella, H., Sansom, R. S., Ruta, M., & Donoghue, P. C. (2020). Categorical versus geometric morphometric approaches to characterizing the evolution of morphological disparity in Osteostraci (Vertebrata, stem Gnathostomata). Palaeontology, 63(5), 717-732.  

Ferrón, H. G. (2019). Evidence of endothermy in the extinct macropredatory osteichthyan Xiphactinus audax (Teleostei, Ichthyodectiformes). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology39(6), e1724123.  

Manzanares, E., Escudero-Mozo, M. J., Ferrón, H. G., Martínez-Pérez, C., & Botella, H. (2020). Middle Triassic sharks from the Catalan Coastal ranges (NE Spain) and faunal colonization patterns during the westward transgression of Tethys. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology539, 109489.  

Martínez-Pérez, C., Navas-Parejo, P., Aaron Lara-Pena, R., Ferrón, H. G., Palafox-Reyes, J., & Botella, H. (2019). Late Devonian (Famennian) Chondrichthyes from Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology39(6), e1764008.  

Ferrón, H. G.Herraiz, J. L., Botella, H., & Martínez-Pérez, C. (2021). Pre-Messinian ecological diversity of Mediterranean sharks revealed by the study of their dermal denticles. Spanish Journal of Palaeontology34(2), 289-298.  

Martinez-Perez, C., Martin-Lazaro, A., Ferrón, H. G., Kirstein, M., Donoghue, P. C., & Botella, H. (2018). Vascular structure of the earliest shark teeth. Acta Geologica Polonica68(3), 457-465.  

Ferrón, H. G., Holgado, B., Liston, J. J., Martínez‐Pérez, C., & Botella, H. (2018). Assessing metabolic constraints on the maximum body size of actinopterygians: locomotion energetics of Leedsichthys problematicus (Actinopterygii, Pachycormiformes). Palaeontology61(5), 775-783.  

Manzanares, E., Pla, C., Ferrón, H. G., & Botella, H. (2018). Middle-Late Triassic chondrichthyans remains from the Betic Range (Spain). Journal of Iberian Geology44, 129-138.  

Ferrón, H. G., Martínez‐Pérez, C., Turner, S., Manzanares, E., & Botella, H. (2018). Patterns of ecological diversification in thelodonts. Palaeontology61(2), 303-315.  

Ferrón, H. G., Paredes-Aliaga, M. V., Martínez-Pérez, C., & Botella, H. (2018). Bioluminescent-like squamation in the galeomorph shark Apristurus ampliceps (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii). Contributions to Zoology, 87(3), 187-196.  

Ferrón, H. G., & Martinez-Perez, C. (2017). Life in the Palaeozoic: an overview of land and sea ecosystems. Bulletin of Geosciences92(4), 439-442.  

Ferrón, H. G., Martínez-Pérez, C., & Botella, H. (2017). Ecomorphological inferences in early vertebrates: reconstructing Dunkleosteus terrelli (Arthrodira, Placodermi) caudal fin from palaeoecological data. PeerJ5, e4081.  

Ferrón, H. G. (2017). Regional endothermy as a trigger for gigantism in some extinct macropredatory sharks. PloS one12(9), e0185185.  

Martínez-Pérez, C., Carrillo-Briceño, J. D., Esparza, C., Ferrón, H. G., Manzanares, E., Hammann, C., & Botella, H. (2018). A Serravallian (Middle Miocene) shark fauna from Southeastern Spain and its palaeoenvironment significance. Historical Biology30(3), 422-432.  

Ferrón, H. G., Martínez-Pérez, C., & Botella, H. (2018). The evolution of gigantism in active marine predators. Historical Biology30(5), 712-716.  

Ferrón, H. G., & Botella, H. (2017). Squamation and ecology of thelodonts. PloS one12(2), e0172781.  

Manzanares, E., Pla, C., Martínez-Pérez, C., Ferrón, H. G., & Botella, H. (2017). Lonchidion derenzii, sp. nov., a new lonchidiid shark (Chondrichthyes, Hybodontiforms) from the Upper Triassic of Spain, with remarks on lonchidiid enameloid. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology37(1), e1253585.  

Ferrón, H. G., Pla, C., Martínez-Pérez, C., Escudero-Mozo, M. J., & Botella, H. (2014). Morphometric Discriminant Analysis of isolated chondrichthyan scales for palaeoecological inferences: the Middle Triassic of the Iberian Chain (Spain) as a case of study. Journal of Iberian Geology, 40, 87-97.  

Botella, H., Manzanares, E., Ferrón, H. G., & Martínez-Pérez, C. (2014). Obruchevacanthus ireneae gen. et sp. nov., a new ischnacanthiform (Acanthodii) from the Lower Devonian of Spain. Paleontological Journal48, 1067-1076.