Life history of the stem tetrapod Acanthostega revealed by synchrotron microtomography

Sophie Sanchez (), Paul Tafforeau, Jennifer A. Clack and Per E. Ahlberg
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Sophie Sanchez: Science for Life Laboratory and Uppsala University, Evolutionary Biology Centre
Paul Tafforeau: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Jennifer A. Clack: University Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge
Per E. Ahlberg: Science for Life Laboratory and Uppsala University, Evolutionary Biology Centre

Nature, 2016, vol. 537, issue 7620, 408-411

Abstract: Analysis of fossil limb bones suggests that a mass-death deposit of the Devonian tetrapod Acanthostega may consist entirely of juveniles, throwing new light on the life history of this species and the evolution of terrestriality.

Date: 2016
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