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Abbreviated Dendrogram
Sarcopterygii
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└─Tetrapoda
├─Acanthostega
└─┬─Ichthyostega
└─┬─Crassigyrinus
└─┬─Colosteidae
└─┬─Baphetidae
└─Tetrapoda*
├─Temnospondyli
└─┬─Lepospondyli
└─Reptiliomorpha
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Tetrapoda.
Ahlberg, PE (1998), Postcranial stem tetrapod remains from the Devonian of Scat Craig, Morayshire, Scotland. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 122: 99-141.
Acanthostega, Ichthyostega Tetrapoda.
Ahlberg, PE & JA Clack (1998), Lower jaws, lower tetrapods -- a review based on the Devonian genus Acanthostega. Trans. Roy. Soc. (Edinburgh), Earth Sci., 89: 11-46.
Acanthostega, Baphetes; Baphetidae, Crassigyrinus, Ichthyostega, Loxomma, Megalocephalus, Tetrapoda.
Ahlberg, PE & E Luksevics (2004) New light on the Devonian tetrapod Ventastega curonica. 10th Intl. Symp. Early Vert. Lower Vert., p.10 (abstr).
Tetrapoda.
Ahlberg, PE, JA Clack & E Lukševičs 1996), Rapid braincase evolution between Panderichthyes and the earliest tetrapods. Nature 381: 61-64.
Tetrapoda.
Ahlberg, PE, E Lukševics & E Mark-Kurik (2000), A near-tetrapod from the Baltic Middle Devonian. Palaeontology 43: 533-548.
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Crassigyrinus
Andrews, SM & TS Westoll (1970), The postcranial skeleton of Eusthenopteron foordi Whiteaves. Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin. 68: 207–329.
Acanthostega.
Beaumont, EH (1977), Cranial morphology of the Loxommatidae (Amphibia: Labyrinthodontia). Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 280: 29-101.
Baphetes, Baphetidae, Loxomma, Megalocephalus, Spathicephalus.
Beaumont, EH & TR Smithson (1998), The cranial morphology and relationships of the aberrant Carboniferous amphibian Spathicephalus mirus Watson. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 122: 187-209.
Spathicephalus
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Amphibians, Systematics, and Cladistics
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Amphibians, Systematics, and Cladistics
Berman, DS (2000), Origin and early evolution of the amniote occiput. J. Paleontol. 74: 938-956.
Acanthostega, Baphetes, Baphetidae.
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Tetrapoda.
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Tetrapoda.
Blom, H (2005), Taxonomic revision of the Late Devonian tetrapod Ichthyostega from East Greenland. Palaeontology 48: 111-134.
Ichthyostega, Tetrapoda.
Carroll, RL (1988), Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, WH Freeman & Co., 698 pp.
Amphibians, Systematics, and Cladistics, Colosteidae
Carroll, RL (2009), The Rise of Amphibians : 365 million years of evolution, John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
Amphibians, Systematics, and Cladistics
Carroll, RL, J Irwin & DM Green (2005), Thermal physiology and the origin of terrestriality in vertebrates. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 143: 345–358.
Acanthostega, Ichthyostega .
Clack, JA (1989), Discovery of the earliest-known tetrapod stapes. Nature 342: 425-427.
Tetrapoda.
Clack, JA (1994), Earliest known tetrapod braincase and the evolution of the stapes and fenestra ovalis. Nature 369: 392-394.
Acanthostega, Tetrapoda.
Clack, JA (1997), Devonian tetrapod trackways and trackmakers; a review of the fossils and footprints. Palaeogeog., Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 130: 227-250.
Tetrapoda, Tetrapoda.
Clack, JA (1998), A new Early Carboniferous tetrapod with a mélange of crown-group characters. Nature 394: 66-69.
Baphetes, Eucritta.
Clack, JA (1998a), The neurocranium of Acanthostega gunnari Jarvik and the evolution of the otic region in tetrapods. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 122: 61-97.
Acanthostega, Ichthyostega, Tetrapoda.
Clack, J. A. 1998b. The Scottish Carboniferous tetrapod Crassigyrinus scoticus (Lydekker) - cranial anatomy and relationships. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences. 88, 127-142.
Crassigyrinus
Clack, JA (2001), Eucritta melanolimnetes from the Early Carboniferous of Scotland, a stem tetrapod showing a mosaic of characteristics. Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin.: Earth Sci. 92: 72-95.
Spathicephalus, Eucritta.
Clack, JA (2002), Gaining Ground: the Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods Indiana Univ. Press, 369 pp.
Acanthostega, Baphetes, Baphetidae, Ichthyostega, Loxomma, Megalocephalus, Spathicephalus, Tetrapoda, Tetrapoda.
Clack, JA (2002a), The dermal skull roof of Acanthostega gunnari, an early tetrapod from the Late Devonian. Trans. R. Soc. Edin., Earth Sci. 93: 17-33.
Acanthostega, Ichthyostega, Tetrapoda.
Clack, J. A. 2002b. An early tetrapod from Romer's Gap. Nature 418: 72-76. doi:10.1038/nature00824. PMID 12097908 pdf
Crassigyrinus, Pederpes, Whatcheeriidae
Clack, JA (2003), A revised reconstruction of the dermal skull roof of Acanthostega, an early tetrapod from the Late Devonian. Trans. R. Soc. Edin., Earth Sci. 93: 163-165.
Acanthostega.
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Crassigyrinus
Clack, Jennifer A. 2009. The Fish-Tetrapod Transition: New Fossils and Interpretations. Evo Edu Outreach (2009) 2:213–223 DOI 10.1007/s12052-009-0119-2. pdf
Clack, JA, PE Ahlberg, SM Finney, P Dominguez Alonso, J Robinson & RA Ketcham (2003), A uniquely specialized ear in a very early tetrapod. Nature 425: 65-69.
Acanthostega, Ichthyostega, Tetrapoda.
Clack, J. A., and S. M. Finney. 2005. Pederpes finneyae, an articulated tetrapod from the Tournaisian of western Scotland. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2: 311-346.
Crassigyrinus
Clement, G, PE Ahlberg, A Blieck, H Blom, JA Clack, E Poty, J Thorez, & P Janvier (2004), Devonian tetrapod from western Europe. Nature 427: 412-413.
Ichthyostega.
Coates, MI (1996), The Devonian tetrapod Acanthostega gunnari Jarvik: postcranial anatomy, basal tetrapod interrelationships and patterns of skeletal evolution. Trans. R. Soc. Edin, Earth Sci. 87: 363-421.
Acanthostega, Ichthyostega, Tetrapoda, Tetrapoda.
Coates, MI & JA Clack (1991), Fish-like gills and breathing in the earliest known tetrapod. Nature 352: 234-236.
Acanthostega, Tetrapoda.
Coates, MI, JE Jeffery & M Ruta (2002), Fins to limbs: what the fossils say. Evol. & Devel. 4: 390-401.
Acanthostega, Ichthyostega, Tetrapoda, Tetrapoda.
Coates, MI, NH Shubin & EB Daeschler (2004), Response to comment on "The early evolution of the tetrapod humerus." Science 305: 1715d.
Ichthyostega.
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Amphibians, Systematics, and Cladistics
Daeschler, EB (2000), Early tetrapod jaws from the Late Devonian of Pennsylvania, USA. J. Paleont. 74: 301-308.
Tetrapoda, Tetrapoda.
Daeschler, EB, NH Shubin, KS Thomson & WW Amaral (1994), A Devonian tetrapod from North America. Science 265: 639-642.
Tetrapoda, Tetrapoda.
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WWW. Tetrapoda.
Dudley, R (1998), Atmospheric oxygen, giant Paleozoic insects and the evolution of aerial locomotor performance. J. Exper. Biol. 201, 1043–1050.
Tetrapoda.
Gauthier, J., Canatella, D., De Queiroz, K., Kluge, A. and Rowe, T. 1989. Tetrapod phylogeny. In: Fernholm, B., Bremer, K. and Jornwall, H., The Hierarchy of Life. London, Elsevier Science Publishers, pp. 337-353.
Crassigyrinus
Godfrey, SJ (1989) The postcranial skeletal anatomy of the Carboniferous tetrapod Greererpeton burkemorani Romer, 1969.
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Colosteidae.
Gordon, M.S. and Long, J.A. (2004) The Greatest Step In Vertebrate History: A Paleobiological Review of the Fish-Tetrapod Transition. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 77(5):700-719. pdf
Tulerpeton
Janvier, P (1996), Early Vertebrates, Oxford, 393 pp.
Ichthyostega.
Jarvik, E (1996), The Devonian tetrapod Ichthyostega. Fossils & Strata 40: 1–213.
Tetrapoda, Ichthyostega.
Johanson, Z, PE Ahlberg & A Ritchie 2003), The braincase and palate of the tetrapodomorph sarcopterygian Mandageria fairfaxi: morphological variability near the fishtetrapod transition. Palaeontology 46: 271–293.
Ichthyostega.
Kellogg, EA & ND Juliano (1997), The Structure and function of RuBisCo and their implications for systematic studies. Amer. J. Bot. 84: 413–428.
Acanthostega.
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Amphibians, Systematics, and Cladistics
Thomas S. Kuhn (1998). "Metaphor and theory change". In Andrew Ortony. Metaphor and Thought. Cambridge University Press. p. 539. ISBN 0521227275.
Amphibians, Systematics, and Cladistics
Michel Laurin (2008). "The splendid isolation of biological nomenclature". Zoologica Scripta 37 (2): 223–233. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2007.00318.x.
Amphibians, Systematics, and Cladistics
Laurin, M, M Girondot & A de Ricqlès (2000), Early tetrapod evolution. Tree 15: 118-123.
Acanthostega.
Lebedev, OA & JA Clack (1993), Upper Devonian tetrapods from Andreyeva, Tula Region, Russia. Paleontology 36: 721-734.
Tetrapoda, Tetrapoda.
Lebedev, OA & MI Coates (1995), The postcranial skeleton of the Devonian tetrapod Tulerpeton curtum Lebedev. Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 114: 307-348. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1995.tb00119.x
Acanthostega, Ichthyostega, Tetrapoda, Tetrapoda, Tulerpeton
Leebens-Mack, J & C dePamphilis (2002), Power analysis of tests for loss of selective constraint in cave crayfish and nonphotosynthetic plant lineages. Mol. Biol. Evol. 19: 1292-1302.
Acanthostega.
Lombard, R.E.; and Bolt, J.R. (1995). A new primitive tetrapod, Whatcheeria deltae, from the Lower Carboniferous of Iowa. Palaeontology 38 (3): 471-495.
Whatcheeriidae
Long, JA & MS Gordon (2004) The greatest step in vertebrate history: a paleobiological review of the fish-tetrapod transition. Physiol. Biochem. Zool., 77: 700-719.
Acanthostega, Ichthyostega.
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Tetrapoda.
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Baphetes, Baphetidae.
Panchen, A.L. 1973. On Crassigyrinus scoticus Watson, a primitive amphibian from the Lower Carboniferous of Scotland. Palaeontology 16: 179-193.
Crassigyrinus
Panchen, A.L. 1985. On the amphibian Crassigyrinus scoticus Watson from the Carboniferous of Scotland. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B 309: 461-568.
Crassigyrinus
Panchen, A.L. and Smithson, T.R. 1990. The pelvic girdle and hind limb of Crassigyrinus scoticus (Lydekker) from the Scottish Carboniferous and the origin of the tetrapod pelvic skeleton. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences. 81: 31-44.
Crassigyrinus
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Amphibians, Systematics, and Cladistics
Ruta, M. and Bolt, J.R. 2008. The brachyopoid Hadrokkosaurus bradyi from the early Middle Triassic of Arizona, and a phylogenetic analysis of lower jaw characters in temnospondyl amphibians. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53 (4): 579-592.
Crassigyrinus
Ruta, M, MI Coates & DLJ Quicke (2003), Early tetrapod relationships revisited. Biol. Rev. 78: 251-345.
Acanthostega, Crassigyrinus, Ichthyostega, Tetrapoda,
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Crassigyrinus
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Tetrapoda.
Shubin, NH, EB Daeschler, & MI Coates (2004), The early evolution of the tetrapod humerus. Science 304: 90-93.
Acanthostega, Tetrapoda, Tetrapoda.
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Ossinodus, Whatcheeriidae
Warren, A., and Turner, S. (2004). The first stem tetrapod from the Lower Carboniferous of Gondwana. Palaeontology 47(1):151-184.
Ossinodus, Whatcheeriidae - Overview
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Tetrapoda.
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