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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Nature Portfolio
2017
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