Research paperDevonian tetrapod trackways and trackmakers; a review of the fossils and footprints
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2019, Current Topics in Developmental BiologyCitation Excerpt :Specifically, fossilized trackways in Poland allowed Paleontologists to predict that ancient tetrapods existing in that region likely ambulated with amphibian-like movements consistent with predicted mobility of Tiktaalik appendicular joints (Niedzwiedzki, Szrek, Narkiewicz, Narkiewicz, & Ahlberg, 2010). Discrepancies in the evolutionary timeline of the fin-to-limb transition do exist: Tiktaalkik dating to the late-Devonian era, the Polish trackways to the mid-Devonian era, and other trackways ranging from early- to late-Devonian (Clack, 1997; Gouramanis, Webb, & Warren, 2003; Lu et al., 2012; Stossel, 1995; Warren, Jupp, & Bolton, 1985; Warren & Wakefield, 1972; Williams, Sergeev, Stossel, & Ford, 1997). These require further analysis, however, the combined studies provide consistent evidence that requirements for ambulation on land necessitated the evolution of joints to provide novel functions that are not seen in entirely aquatic fishes.
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Integrated Ichnofacies models for deserts: Recurrent patterns and megatrends
2016, Earth-Science ReviewsCitation Excerpt :The third phase in the colonization of deserts started during the Carboniferous but peaked at the earliest Permian and involved the colonization of deserts by tetrapods (e.g. Gilmore, 1928, 1927, 1926; Krapovickas, 2010; Krapovickas et al., 2015; Lockley and Hunt, 1995; Mckeever and Haubold, 1996; Mckeever, 1991). The invasion of deserts by tetrapods encompasses the culmination of a protracted process that began when tetrapods left subaqueous lacustrine and marginal-marine settings by the Middle–Late Devonian (e.g. Clack, 1997; Niedźwiedzki et al., 2010; Stössel, 1995). The dominant groups within the first colonizers in deserts are the synapsids, the mammalian evolutionary line.
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