A new stem sarcopterygian illuminates patterns of character evolution in early bony fishes

Jing Lu; Sam Giles; Matt Friedman; Min Zhu

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01801-z

Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

A new stem sarcopterygian illuminates patterns of character evolution in early bony fishes

Jing Lu,
Sam Giles,
Matt Friedman,
Min Zhu

Affiliations

Jing Lu: Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sam Giles: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford
Matt Friedman: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford
Min Zhu: Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01801-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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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 among bony fish.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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