The largest specimen of <i>Apateon</i> and the life history pathway of neoteny in the Paleozoic temnospondyl family Branchiosauridae
Two distinct developmental trajectories, metamorphosis and neoteny (the retention of larval somatic features in adult animals), have been reported for the small gill-bearing branchiosaurids of the Late Carboniferous and Early Permian of central Europe. Based on a very large specimen of the species &...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2009-02-01
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| Series: | Fossil Record |
| Online Access: | http://www.foss-rec.net/12/83/2009/fr-12-83-2009.pdf |