A new stem sarcopterygian illuminates patterns of character evolution in early bony fishes

Terrestrial vertebrates branched from the lobe-finned fish in the Late Devonian. Here, Lu et al. describe the new lobe-finned fish Ptyctolepis brachynotus dating from the Early Devonian, which preserves a novel combination of cranial characters and suggests revision of evolutionary relationships amo...

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Main Authors: Jing Lu, Sam Giles, Matt Friedman, Min Zhu
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f8c2b1e5114c46c6991bec57da2a560f
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