Sequences, stratigraphy and scenarios: what can we say about the fossil record of the earliest tetrapods?
Past research on the emergence of digit-bearing tetrapods has led to the widely accepted premise that this important evolutionary event occurred during the Late Devonian. The discovery of convincing digit-bearing tetrapod trackways of early Middle Devonian age in Poland has upset this orthodoxy, ind...
Main Authors: | Friedman, M, Brazeau, MD |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2011
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