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} }
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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