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The axial skeleton ...
The axial skeleton of the Devonian tetrapod Ichthyostega.
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- Ahlberg, Per (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för fysiologi och utvecklingsbiologi,Evolutionär organismbiologi
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Clack, Jennifer (författare)
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- Blom, Henning (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för fysiologi och utvecklingsbiologi,Evolutionär organismbiologi
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- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2005
- 2005
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Nature. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0028-0836 .- 1476-4687. ; 437:7055, s. 137-140
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Abstract
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- Ichthyostega was the first Devonian tetrapod to be subject to a whole-body reconstruction and remains, together with Acanthostega one of only two Devonian tetrapods for which near-complete postcranial material is available. It is thus crucially important for our understanding of the earliest stages of tetrapod evolution and terrestrialization. Based on extensive re-examination of original material, augmented by recently collected specimens, we present a new reconstruction of Ichthyostega that differs substantially from those previously published and reveals hitherto unrecognised regionalization in the vertebral column. Ichthyostega is the earliest vertebrate to show obvious adaptations for non-swimming locomotion. Uniquely among early tetrapods, the presacral vertebral column shows pronounced regionalization of neural arch morphology, suggesting that it was adapted for dorsoventral rather than lateral flexion.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Mikrobiologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Microbiology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- evolution
- palaeontology
- vertebrate
- tetrapod
- Devonian
- Ichthyostega
- Organism biology
- Organismbiologi
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- art (ämneskategori)
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