The diversity and evolution of the temporal skull region is a classical text book example of
comparative anatomy. In the earliest land vertebrates this region was, in most cases …

Millerettidae are a group of superficially lizard-like Permian stem reptiles originally
hypothesized as relevant to the ancestry of the reptile crown group, and particularly to …

The developmental underpinnings and functional consequences of modifications to the
limbs during the origin of the tetrapod body plan are increasingly well characterized, but less …

Patterns of growth throughout the lifetime of an animal reflect critical life history traits such as
reproductive timing, physiology, and ecological interactions. The ancestral growth pattern for …

While most early limbed vertebrates possessed a fully-roofed dermatocranium in their
temporal skull region, temporal fenestrae and excavations evolved independently at least …

The early tetrapod Crassigyrinus scoticus was a large aquatic predator known from the
lower-to mid-Carboniferous (upper Tournasian to upper Visean/lower Serpukovian …

The early tetrapod Eoherpeton watsoni is known from the mid-to late Carboniferous (late
Viséan to Namurian, approximately 346–313 Ma) of Scotland. The holotype is made up of a …

Recent discoveries in the Scottish Borders have greatly expanded our knowledge of post-
Devonian tetrapods. Six new taxa have been named and briefly described so far. One of …

The temporal region of the earliest Tetrapoda and their closest relatives was, in most cases,
completely covered by an armor of dermal bones. This armor has been successively …

Tetrapods currently comprise over 30,000 species distributed globally and occupying a
stunning diversity of bodyplans and ecologies. After many years of fruitful work, the early …