The fin to limb transition: New data, interpretations, and hypotheses from paleontology and developmental biology

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue , 2009, Pages 163-179

  Clack, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acanthostega; Devonian; Ichthyostega; Tetrapod; Tetrapodomorph; Tiktaalik

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSTEGA; DEVONIAN; ICHTHYOSTEGA; TETRAPOD; TETRAPODOMORPH; TIKTAALIK;

ANIMALS;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVONIAN; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; PALEONTOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TETRAPOD; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ACANTHOSTEGA; ANIMALIA; ICHTHYOSTEGA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 67651046522     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.36.031207.124146     Document Type: Review

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