Spiracular air breathing in polypterid fishes and its implications for aerial respiration in stem tetrapods

2014/01/23 by Jeffrey B. Graham, Nicholas C. Wegner, Lauren A. Miller +6 · 80 citations
Environmental Science · #Anatomy #Biology #Evolutionary biology #Extant taxon #Fish <Actinopterygii> #Fishery #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Marine animal studies overview #Paleontology #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Tetrapod (structure) #Zoology

paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/ncomms4022

published in Nature Communications 5(1), 3022 (Nature Portfolio)

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Citations

• The origin and early diversification of tetrapods
• Tetrapod-like middle ear architecture in a Devonian fish
• The oldest articulated osteichthyan reveals mosaic gnathostome characters
• Ventastega curonica and the origin of tetrapod morphology
• An exceptional Devonian fish from Australia sheds light on tetrapod origins
• A Devonian tetrapod-like fish and the evolution of the tetrapod body plan
• Devonian climate change, breathing, and the origin of the tetrapod stem group

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