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  1. Trait-space disparity in fish communities spanning 380 million years from the Late Devonian to present

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, December 2025, Elsevier

    Dr FREDERIK SALTRE, Professor Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Dr Richard Cloutier

  2. A Late Devonian coelacanth reconfigures actinistian phylogeny, disparity, and evolutionary dynamics

    Article • Nature Communications, September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Dr Richard Cloutier

  3. Description of a tetrapod trackway from the early Carboniferous Bonaventure Formation of New Brunswick, Canada

    Article • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, June 2024, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  4. Evolution of median fin patterning and modularity in living and fossil osteichthyans

    Article • PLOS One, March 2023, PLOS

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  5. Ontogeny of Euphanerops longaevus from the Upper Devonian Miguasha Fossil–Fish–Lagerstätte and comparison with the skeletogenesis of the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus

    Article • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, March 2023, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  6. Whole-body variational modularity in the zebrafish: an inside-out story of a model species

    Article • Biology Letters, February 2023, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  7. Morphometric analysis of lungfish endocasts elucidates early dipnoan palaeoneurological evolution

    Article • eLife, July 2022, eLife

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  8. The preorbital depression and recess of antiarch placoderms (jawed stem-gnathostomes) revisited from an ontogenetic (saltatory) point of view

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, June 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  9. Life history and ossification patterns in Miguashaia bureaui reveal the early evolution of osteogenesis in coelacanths

    Article • PeerJ, April 2022, PeerJ

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  10. Paedomorphosis and neurocranial ossification in two Devonian lungfishes

    Article • Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, January 2022, Polska Akademia Nauk Instytut Paleobiologii (Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences)

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  11. A fresh look at Cladarosymblema narrienense, a tetrapodomorph fish (Sarcopterygii: Megalichthyidae) from the Carboniferous of Australia, illuminated via X-ray tomography

    Article • PeerJ, December 2021, PeerJ

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  12. A late-surviving stem-ctenophore from the Late Devonian of Miguasha (Canada)

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  13. Phenotypic regionalization of the vertebral column in the thorny skateAmblyraja radiata: Stability and variation

    Article • Journal of Anatomy, September 2021, Wiley

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  14. A microanatomical and histological study of the scales of the Devonian sarcopterygianMiguashaia bureauiand the evolution of the squamation in coelacanths

    Article • Journal of Anatomy, March 2021, Wiley

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  15. Le saumon atlantique de la rivière Matane : croissance marine, abondance des retours en rivière et indice de l’oscillation nord-atlantique

    Article • Le Naturaliste canadien, September 2020, Consortium Erudit

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  16. Author Correction: Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand

    Article • Nature, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  17. The Unexpected Origin of Fingers

    Article • Scientific American, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  18. Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand

    Article • Nature, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  19. Elpistostege: a fish with legs or a tetrapod with fins?

    Article • TheScienceBreaker, January 2020, The Science Breaker

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  20. A critical appraisal of appendage disparity and homology in fishes

    Article • Fish and Fisheries, August 2019, Wiley

    Olivier Larouche, Dr Richard Cloutier

  21. Environmentally cued hatching in the bird‐parasitic nest fly Philornis downsi

    Article • Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, September 2018, Wiley

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  22. Evolution of vertebrate postcranial complexity: axial skeleton regionalization and paired appendages in a Devonian jawless fish

    Article • Palaeontology, July 2018, Wiley

    Zerina Johanson, Dr Richard Cloutier

  23. Loss in the making: absence of pelvic fins and presence of paedomorphic pelvic girdles in a Late Devonian antiarch placoderm (jawed stem-gnathostome)

    Article • Biology Letters, June 2018, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  24. Modularity promotes morphological divergence in ray-finned fishes

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Miriam Leah Zelditch, Dr Richard Cloutier

  25. Early establishment of vertebrate trophic interactions: Food web structure in Middle to Late Devonian fish assemblages with exceptional fossilization

    Article • Bulletin of Geosciences, December 2017, Czech Geological Survey

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  26. Unravelling the ontogeny of a Devonian early gnathostome, the “acanthodian”Triazeugacanthus affinis(eastern Canada)

    Article • PeerJ, October 2017, PeerJ

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  27. Similarity of morphological composition and developmental patterning in paired fins of the elephant shark

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  28. Fin modules: an evolutionary perspective on appendage disparity in basal vertebrates

    Article • BMC Biology, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  29. From body scale ontogeny to species ontogeny: Histological and morphological assessment of the Late Devonian acanthodian Triazeugacanthus affinis from Miguasha, Canada

    Article • PLOS One, April 2017, PLOS

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  30. Asymmetry in dentition and shape of pharyngeal arches in the clonal fish Chrosomus eos-neogaeus: Phenotypic plasticity and developmental instability

    Article • PLOS One, April 2017, PLOS

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  31. New Insights in the Ontogeny and Taphonomy of the Devonian Acanthodian Triazeugacanthus affinis From the Miguasha Fossil-Lagerstätte, Eastern Canada

    Article • Minerals, December 2015, MDPI AG

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  32. Modular organisation of the skull

    Article • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution, July 2015, Wiley

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  33. Head, Body and Fins: Patterns of Morphological Integration and Modularity in Fishes

    Article • Evolutionary Biology, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Miriam Leah Zelditch, Dr Richard Cloutier

  34. The revival of a so-called rotten fish: the ontogeny of the Devonian acanthodian Triazeugacanthus

    Article • Biology Letters, February 2015, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  35. The Devonian placoderm fish Bothriolepis canadensis revisited with three-dimensional digital imagery

    Article • Palaeontologia Electronica, January 2014, Coquina Press

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  36. Great Canadian Lagerstätten 4. The Devonian Miguasha Biota (Québec): UNESCO World Heritage Site and a Time Capsule in the Early History of Vertebrates

    Article • Geoscience Canada, August 2013, University of New Brunswick Libraries - UNB

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  37. Middle Devonian (Givetian) sharks from Cairo, New York (USA): Evidence of early cosmopolitanism

    Article • Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, January 2013, Polska Akademia Nauk Instytut Paleobiologii (Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences)

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  38. Apatite for destruction: Isotopic and geochemical analyses of bioapatites and sediments from the Upper Devonian Escuminac Formation (Miguasha, Québec)

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  39. Effect of training on the development of fish skeleton

    Article • Developmental Dynamics, September 2012, Wiley

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  40. The Miguasha Fossil-Fish-Lagerstätte: a consequence of the Devonian land–sea interactions

    Article • Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  41. Early ontogeny of the Atlantic halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus head

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, April 2011, Wiley

    Dr Howard I. Browman, Dr Richard Cloutier

  42. The fossil record of fish ontogenies: Insights into developmental patterns and processes

    Article • Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  43. Effect of Water Velocity on the Timing of Skeletogenesis in the Arctic Charr,Salvelinus alpinus(Salmoniformes: Teleostei): An Empirical Case of Developmental Plasticity

    Article • International Journal of Zoology, January 2010, Wiley

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  44. Developmental plasticity in fish exposed to a water velocity gradient: a complex response

    Article • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution, December 2009, Wiley

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  45. Morphological integration and developmental progress during fish ontogeny in two contrasting habitats

    Article • Evolution & Development, November 2009, Wiley

    Dr Richard Cloutier, Dr Miriam Leah Zelditch

  46. Ontogeny, variation, and homology in Salvelinus alpinus caudal skeleton (Teleostei: Salmonidae)

    Article • Journal of Morphology, July 2009, Wiley

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  47. Comparison of the Channel Darter (Percina copelandi) Summer Habitat in Two Rivers from Eastern Canada

    Article • Journal of Freshwater Ecology, March 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  48. Hans-Peter Schultze, a great paleoichthyologist for whom work is synonymous with enjoyment

    Article • Fossil Record, April 2008, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  49. Positive effects of exposure to increased water velocity on growth of newly hatched Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus L.

    Article • Aquaculture Research, December 2007, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  50. Early developmental plasticity and integrative responses in arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus): effects of water velocity on body size and shape

    Article • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution, March 2007, Wiley

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  51. The oldest fossil shark

    Article • October 2003, Nature

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  52. Early diagenesis of the Upper Devonian Escuminac Formation in the Gaspé Peninsula, Québec: sedimentological and geochemical evidence

    Article • Sedimentary Geology, January 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  53. Biostratigraphy of the Upper Devonian Escuminac Formation, eastern Québec, Canada: a comparative study based on miospores and fishes

    Article • Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, October 1996, Elsevier

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  54. Morphology, Characters, and the Interrelationships of Basal Sarcopterygians

    Article • January 1996, Elsevier

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  55. Sarcopterygian interrelationships: How far are we from a phylogenetic consensus?

    Article • Geobios, January 1995, Elsevier

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  56. Palaeozoic vertebrates ofnorthern France and Belgium: Part III-Sarcopterygii (Devonian to Carboniferous)

    Article • Geobios, January 1995, Elsevier

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  57. Palaeozoic vertebrates ofnorthern France and Belgium: Part II. Chondrichthyes; Acanthodii; Actinopterygii (uppermost Silurian to Carboniferous)

    Article • Geobios, January 1995, Elsevier

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  58. Diversity of extinct and living actinistian fishes (Sarcopterygii)

    Article • Environmental Biology of Fishes, September 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  59. Patterns, trends, and rates of evolution within the Actinistia

    Article • Environmental Biology of Fishes, September 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  60. Literature relating to fossil coelacanths

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  61. Diversity of Extinct and Living Actinistian Fishes (Sarcopterygii)

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard Cloutier

  62. Patterns, trends, and rates of evolution within the Actinistia

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard Cloutier