Earth Sciences: Paleontology: Vertebrates: Early Tetrapods

A description of Ted Daeschler and Neil Shubin's discovery of a transitional fish-tetrapod animal.

A description of Casineria, an early tetrapod from Scotland, from Science News Online.

Lecture notes from the Major Features of Vertebrate Evolution class at the University of Toronto.

An article, accompanying a public radio broadcast, describing the discovery of Hynerpeton bassetti at the Red Hill fossil site. A Real Audio archive of the broadcast is included.

A list of cladograms tested for their correspondence with stratigraphic data, with references.

A description of the possible effects of the Hox gene family on vertebrate evolution.

An early temnospondyl found in petrified tree stumps from Joggins, Nova Scotia.

Information from the American Museum of Natural History, with several reconstructions.

Cladistic diagrams, illustrations and references.

A detailed description of the first Devonian tetrapod to be discovered.

A detailed analysis of this early tetrapod by the paleontologist who discovered and described it.

A description of the tetrapods and other digit bearing vertebrates.

An article describing paleontologists Neil Shubin and Ted Daeschler and their search for early tetrapods, from Philadelphia Citypaper.net.

A discussion of the required evolutionary adaptations for moving from aquatic life to terrestrial.