Alan Pradel, John S. S. Denton and Philippe Janvier: Preface by the editors. p. 7
Introduction
Maria da Gloria P. de Carvalho: John G. Maisey - a Biographical Sketch. p. 9
Analysis and methodology
Gloria Arratia, Hans-Peter Schultze, Soledad Gouiric-Cavalli and Claudio Quezada-Romegialli: The intriguing ¿Atacamichthys fish from the Middle Jurassic of Chile - an amiiform or a teleosteomorph?. p. 19
Jose Xavier-Neto and Ismar de Souza Carvalho: Paleontological treasures among commonplace fossils: a paradigm to study evolutionary innovation. p. 37
John S. S. Denton and Eric W. Goolsby: Influence analysis of fossil chondrichthyan taxa. p. 49
Kevin K. Duclos, Terry C. Grande and Richard Cloutier: Modularity of the Weberian apparatus in the zebrafish using micro-CT technology and 3-D geometric morphometrics. p. 59
Juan Liu: You are how you look: potential utility of quantitative body shape analysis in classification of Eocene cypriniforms. p. 71
Descriptive Anatomy and Development
Carole J. Burrow and Jan L. den Blaauwen: Endoskeletal tissues of acanthodians (stem Chondrichthyes). p. 81
Allison W. Bronson: A three-dimensionally preserved stethacanthid cranium and endocast from the Late Mississippian Fayetteville Shale (Arkansas, USA). p. 93
Friedrich H. Pfeil: The new family Mesiteiidae (Chondrichthyes, Orectolobiformes), based on Mesiteia emiliae Kramberger, 1884. A contribution to the Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) shark fauna from Lebanon. p. 101
Alan Pradel, Richard P. Dearden , Antoine Cuckovic, Rohan Mansuit and Philippe Janvier: 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). p. 183
Michael I. Coates, Kristen Tietjen, Zerina Johanson, Matt Friedman and Stephanie Sang: The cranium of Helodus simplex (Agassiz, 1838) revised. p. 193
Zerina Johanson, Charlie Underwood, Michael I. Coates, Vincent Fernandez, Brett Clark and Moya M. Smith: The stem-holocephalan Helodus (Chondrichthyes; Holocephali) and the evolution of modern chimaeroid dentitions. p. 205
P. Eckhard Witten and Brian K. Hall: The Ancient, Segmented, Active and Permanent Notochord. p. 215
Ann Huysseune: The distribution of post-mandibular teeth in extant vertebrates revisited: co-evolution of pharyngeal pouches and teeth?. p. 225
Stratigraphy and Biogeography
Rafael M. Lindoso and Ismar de S. Carvalho: The Cretaceous fishes of Brazil: a paleobiogeographic perspective. p. 233
John A. Long, Victoria Thomson, Carole J. Burrow and Susan Turner: Fossil chondrichthyan remains from the Middle Devonian Kevington Creek Formation, South Blue Range, Victoria. p. 239
Hans-Peter Schultze, James Bullecks, Linda K. Soar and James W. Hagadorn: Devonian fish from Colorado's Dyer Formation and the appearance of Carboniferous faunas in the Famennian. p. 247