Communications Biology (Apr 2022)

A Mississippian (early Carboniferous) tetrapod showing early diversification of the hindlimbs

  • Jennifer A. Clack,
  • Timothy R. Smithson,
  • Marcello Ruta

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03199-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Presenting Termonerpeton makrydactylus, an early tetrapod from late Mississippian Scotland. This new species demonstrates unusual hindlimb specialisations for its age.