The pelvic fin and girdle of Panderichthys and the origin of tetrapod locomotion

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7071, 2005, Pages 1145-1147

  Boisvert, Catherine A ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUELS; PROPULSION;

HINDLIMB; PECTORAL FIN; PELVIC FIN;

BIPED LOCOMOTION;

EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION; TETRAPOD;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; EVOLUTION; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACANTHOSTEGA; ICHTHYOSTEGA; OSTEOLEPIDIDA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 29244478958     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04119     Document Type: Article

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