ABSTRACT The Waterloo Farm lagerstätte in South Africa provides a uniquely well‐
preserved record of a Latest Devonian estuarine ecosystem. Ecological evidence from it is …

Current hypotheses of early tetrapod evolution posit close ecological and biogeographic ties
to the extensive coal-producing wetlands of the Carboniferous palaeoequator with rapid …

The major evolutionary transition from fish to amphibian included Late Devonian tetrapods
that were neither fish nor amphibian. They had thick necks and small limbs with many digits …

The hypothesis that tetrapods evolved from elpistostegids during the Frasnian, in a
predominantly aquatic context, has been challenged by the discovery of Middle Devonian …

The known diversity of tetrapods of the Devonian period has increased markedly in recent
decades, but their fossil record consists mostly of tantalizing fragments,,,,,,,,,,,,,–. The …

Synchrotron-based X-ray analytical techniques are gaining in prominence as a crucial yet
highly specialized tool for advancing knowledge within the broad field of the Earth Sciences …

The morphological transformation of the pectoral/shoulder girdle is fundamental to the water-
to-land transition in vertebrate evolution. Although previous studies have resolved the …

Central New South Wales, Australia, has a rich fossil record of Late Devonian (Famennian)
fossil fish (eight species, mostly Bothriolepis and Remigolepis) and a single tetrapod …

We describe the largest bony fish in the Late Devonian (late Famennian) fossil assemblage
from Waterloo Farm near Makhanda/Grahamstown, South Africa. It is a giant member of the …

The fossil record provides direct empirical data for understanding macroevolutionary
patterns and processes. Inherent biases in the fossil record are well known to confound …