• DOI:10.1038/nature03893
Corpus ID: 4370488

The axial skeleton of the Devonian tetrapod Ichthyostega

@article{Ahlberg2005TheAS,
  title={The axial skeleton of the Devonian tetrapod Ichthyostega},
  author={P. Ahlberg and J. Clack and Henning Blom},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2005},
  volume={437},
  pages={137-140}
}

P. Ahlberg, J. Clack, Henning Blom

Published 2005

Biology, Medicine

Nature

Ichthyostega was the first Devonian tetrapod to be subject to a whole-body reconstruction. It remains, together with Acanthostega, one of only two Devonian tetrapods for which near-complete postcranial material is available. It is thus crucially important for our understanding of the earliest stages of tetrapod evolution and terrestrialization. Here we show a new reconstruction of Ichthyostega based on extensive re-examination of original material and augmented by recently collected specimens… CONTINUE READING

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