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A discussion of “The Lungfish’s Tale” in Richard Dawkins’ and Yan Wong’s book The Ancestor’s Tale. Prionosuchus and Koolasuchus are Stereospondyls, not just Temnospondyls. All pictures are from Google.
“Terrestrial-marine teleconnections in the Devonian: links between the evolution of land plants, weathering processes, and marine anoxic events”: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.1998.0195
“Devonian eustatic fluctuations in Euramerica”: researchgate.net/profile/Gilbert-Klapper/publication/249526018_Devonian_eustatic_fluctuations_in_Euramerica_Geol_Soc_Am_Bull_96_567-587/links/0046353aae3a59e523000000/Devonian-eustatic-fluctuations-in-Euramerica-Geol-Soc-Am-Bull-96-567-587.pdf
“The role of sea-level change and marine anoxia in the Frasnian–Famennian (Late Devonian) mass extinction”: sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031018208001697?via%3Dihub
“On the causes of mass extinctions”: sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018216306915
“End-Devonian extinction and a bottleneck in the early evolution of modern jawed vertebrates”: pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.0914000107
“A Marine Stem-Tetrapod from the Devonian of Western North America”: journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0033683
“Sustained high rates of morphological evolution during the rise of tetrapods”: nature.com/articles/s41559-021-01532-x
“Phylogenetic and environmental context of a Tournaisian tetrapod fauna”: nature.com/articles/s41559-016-0002
“The putative lissamphibian stem-group: phylogeny and evolution of the dissorophoid temnospondyls”: cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/08D5E70C938B55A222D2C4DD80626008/S0022336018000677a.pdf/putative_lissamphibian_stemgroup_phylogeny_and_evolution_of_the_dissorophoid_temnospondyls.pdf
“Stem caecilian from the Triassic of Colorado sheds light on the origins of Lissamphibia”
pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1706752114
“Triassic stem caecilian supports dissorophoid origin of living amphibians”: nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05646-5
Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters: amazon.com/Evolution-What-Fossils-Say-Matters/dp/0231180640/ref=sr_1_1?crid=24ZI5IFPOOVB8&keywords=evolution+what+the+fossils+say+and+why+it+matters&qid=1692897917&sprefix=evolution+what+the+fossil%2Caps%2C452&sr=8-1
“A new elpistostegalian from the Late Devonian of the Canadian Arctic”: nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04990-w
“Why do fish school?”: academic.oup.com/cz/article/58/1/116/1803126?login=true
“The Anatomy, Affinity and Phylogenetic Significance of Ilemoraspis Kirkinskayae (Osteostraci) from the Devonian of Siberia”: researchgate.net/publication/213774378_The_Anatomy_Affinity_and_Phylogenetic_Significance_of_Ilemoraspis_Kirkinskayae_Osteostraci_from_the_Devonian_of_Siberia
“Morphology of the earliest reconstructable tetrapod Parmastega aelidae”: nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1636-y
“The pectoral fin of Tiktaalik roseae and the origin of the tetrapod limb”: https://bio.research.ucsc.edu/~barrylab/classes/herps/Shubin_etal_Nature_2006.pdf
“Developmental plasticity and the origin of tetrapods”: https://eeb.tamu.edu/files/2018/04/origin-of-tetrapods.pdf
“The Morphologies of Mudskipper Pelvic Fins in Relation to Terrestrial and Climbing Behaviour”: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12595-021-00422-1
“Tetrapod-like pelvic girdle in a walking cavefish”: nature.com/articles/srep23711
“Growth and morphological development of laboratory-reared larval and juvenile climbing perch Anabas testudineus”: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10228-008-0081-y
“A New Specimen of Sauripterus taylori (Sarcopterygii, Osteichthyes) from the Famennian Catskill Formation of North America”: jstor.org/stable/pdf/4524692.pdf?casa_token=xhS9f1drk4wAAAAA:rX-8s0mq0vCfCAvLcWHjwybgd0uJIMofIOveRkX6AGAcd6cCrn3WdhmLeHquH0R3nmL1Z82BWciR9qhH61qEBnaRNrAJEVV_Z65_EUVbT7hjIoopNQ
“The origin of the internal nostril of tetrapods”: nature.com/articles/nature02843
“The lungfish cocoon is a living tissue with antimicrobial functions”: science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abj0829
“The Axolotl’s Tale”: youtu.be/SXM_nUpD0v4
A discussion of “The Lungfish’s Tale” in Richard Dawkins’ and Yan Wong’s book The Ancestor’s Tale. Prionosuchus and Koolasuchus are Stereospondyls, not just Temnospondyls. All pictures are from Google.
“Terrestrial-marine teleconnections in the Devonian: links between the evolution of land plants, weathering processes, and marine anoxic events”: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.1998.0195
“Devonian eustatic fluctuations in Euramerica”: researchgate.net/profile/Gilbert-Klapper/publication/249526018_Devonian_eustatic_fluctuations_in_Euramerica_Geol_Soc_Am_Bull_96_567-587/links/0046353aae3a59e523000000/Devonian-eustatic-fluctuations-in-Euramerica-Geol-Soc-Am-Bull-96-567-587.pdf
“The role of sea-level change and marine anoxia in the Frasnian–Famennian (Late Devonian) mass extinction”: sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031018208001697?via%3Dihub
“On the causes of mass extinctions”: sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018216306915
“End-Devonian extinction and a bottleneck in the early evolution of modern jawed vertebrates”: pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.0914000107
“A Marine Stem-Tetrapod from the Devonian of Western North America”: journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0033683
“Sustained high rates of morphological evolution during the rise of tetrapods”: nature.com/articles/s41559-021-01532-x
“Phylogenetic and environmental context of a Tournaisian tetrapod fauna”: nature.com/articles/s41559-016-0002
“The putative lissamphibian stem-group: phylogeny and evolution of the dissorophoid temnospondyls”: cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/08D5E70C938B55A222D2C4DD80626008/S0022336018000677a.pdf/putative_lissamphibian_stemgroup_phylogeny_and_evolution_of_the_dissorophoid_temnospondyls.pdf
“Stem caecilian from the Triassic of Colorado sheds light on the origins of Lissamphibia”
pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1706752114
“Triassic stem caecilian supports dissorophoid origin of living amphibians”: nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05646-5
Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters: amazon.com/Evolution-What-Fossils-Say-Matters/dp/0231180640/ref=sr_1_1?crid=24ZI5IFPOOVB8&keywords=evolution+what+the+fossils+say+and+why+it+matters&qid=1692897917&sprefix=evolution+what+the+fossil%2Caps%2C452&sr=8-1
“A new elpistostegalian from the Late Devonian of the Canadian Arctic”: nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04990-w
“Why do fish school?”: academic.oup.com/cz/article/58/1/116/1803126?login=true
“The Anatomy, Affinity and Phylogenetic Significance of Ilemoraspis Kirkinskayae (Osteostraci) from the Devonian of Siberia”: researchgate.net/publication/213774378_The_Anatomy_Affinity_and_Phylogenetic_Significance_of_Ilemoraspis_Kirkinskayae_Osteostraci_from_the_Devonian_of_Siberia
“Morphology of the earliest reconstructable tetrapod Parmastega aelidae”: nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1636-y
“The pectoral fin of Tiktaalik roseae and the origin of the tetrapod limb”: https://bio.research.ucsc.edu/~barrylab/classes/herps/Shubin_etal_Nature_2006.pdf
“Developmental plasticity and the origin of tetrapods”: https://eeb.tamu.edu/files/2018/04/origin-of-tetrapods.pdf
“The Morphologies of Mudskipper Pelvic Fins in Relation to Terrestrial and Climbing Behaviour”: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12595-021-00422-1
“Tetrapod-like pelvic girdle in a walking cavefish”: nature.com/articles/srep23711
“Growth and morphological development of laboratory-reared larval and juvenile climbing perch Anabas testudineus”: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10228-008-0081-y
“A New Specimen of Sauripterus taylori (Sarcopterygii, Osteichthyes) from the Famennian Catskill Formation of North America”: jstor.org/stable/pdf/4524692.pdf?casa_token=xhS9f1drk4wAAAAA:rX-8s0mq0vCfCAvLcWHjwybgd0uJIMofIOveRkX6AGAcd6cCrn3WdhmLeHquH0R3nmL1Z82BWciR9qhH61qEBnaRNrAJEVV_Z65_EUVbT7hjIoopNQ
“The origin of the internal nostril of tetrapods”: nature.com/articles/nature02843
“The lungfish cocoon is a living tissue with antimicrobial functions”: science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abj0829
“The Axolotl’s Tale”: youtu.be/SXM_nUpD0v4
