Upper Devonian tetrapod palaeoecology in the light of new discoveries in East Greenland

ABSTRACT For the first time, new material of one of the world's oldest known tetrapods, Acanthostega , has been studied in its sedimentological context. The reported evidence suggests that Acanthostega was primarily aquatic and inhabited active fluvial channels in fluvial‐dominated environments...

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Published in:Terra Nova
Main Authors: Bendix‐Almgreen, Svend Erik, Clack, Jennifer Alice, Olsen, Henrik
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1990
Subjects:
Greenland
East Greenland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3121.1990.tb00053.x
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Summary:ABSTRACT For the first time, new material of one of the world's oldest known tetrapods, Acanthostega , has been studied in its sedimentological context. The reported evidence suggests that Acanthostega was primarily aquatic and inhabited active fluvial channels in fluvial‐dominated environments.

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