New discoveries of tetrapods (ichthyostegid‐like and whatcheeriid‐like) in the Famennian (Late Devonian) localities of Strud and Becco (Belgium)

• Published in: Palaeontology
• Main Authors: Olive, Sébastien, Ahlberg, Per E., Pernègre, Vincent N., Poty, Édouard, Steurbaut, Étienne, Clément, Gaël
• Other Authors: Johanson, Zerina, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Becco; Greenland; Liège; East Greenland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pala.12261; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fpala.12261; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/pala.12261

Abstract The origin of tetrapods is one of the key events in vertebrate history. The oldest tetrapod body fossils are Late Devonian (Frasnian–Famennian) in age, most of them consisting of rare isolated bone elements. Here we describe tetrapod remains from two Famennian localities from Belgium: Strud...