Permian tetrapod extinction events

SG Lucas - Earth-Science Reviews, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Four substantial tetrapod extinctions have been identified during the Permian, but only one
of these is an apparent mass extinction. Analyses of global compilations of the family-level …

Morphology of the temporal skull region in tetrapods: research history, functional explanations, and a new comprehensive classification scheme

P Abel, I Werneburg - Biological Reviews, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
The morphology of the temporal region in the tetrapod skull traditionally has been a widely
discussed feature of vertebrate anatomy. The evolution of different temporal openings in …

Permian tetrapod biochronology, correlation and evolutionary events

SG Lucas - 2018‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The most extensive Permian tetrapod (amphibian and reptile) fossil records from the western
USA (New Mexico to Texas) and South Africa have been used to define 11 land vertebrate …

Outline of a Permian tetrapod footprint ichnostratigraphy

S Voigt, SG Lucas - 2018‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Tetrapod footprints are among the most common fossil remains in continental Permian strata
and thus are of biostratigraphic interest. Based on the vertical distribution of the 13 best …

Using salamanders as model taxa to understand vertebrate feeding constraints during the late Devonian water-to-land transition

D Schwarz, E Heiss, TW Pierson… - … of the Royal …, 2023‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
The vertebrate water-to-land transition and the rise of tetrapods brought about fundamental
changes for the groups undergoing these evolutionary changes (ie stem and early …

Fossil bone histology reveals ancient origins for rapid juvenile growth in tetrapods

MR Whitney, BKA Otoo, KD Angielczyk… - Communications …, 2022‏ - nature.com
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 …

Getting to the root of scales, feather and hair: As deep as odontodes?

D Dhouailly, P Godefroit, T Martin… - Experimental …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
While every jawed vertebrate, or its recent ancestor, possesses teeth, skin appendages are
characteristic of the living clades: skin denticles (odontodes) in chondrichthyans, dermal …

[ספר][B] The Permian timescale: an introduction

SG Lucas, SZ Shen - 2018‏ - lyellcollection.org
The Permian timescale has developed over about two centuries of research to the current
chronostratigraphic scale advocated by the Subcommission on Permian Stratigraphy of …

Aquatic–terrestrial transitions of feeding systems in vertebrates: a mechanical perspective

E Heiss, P Aerts… - Journal of Experimental …, 2018‏ - journals.biologists.com
Transitions to terrestrial environments confront ancestrally aquatic animals with several
mechanical and physiological problems owing to the different physical properties of water …

Olfaction across the water–air interface in anuran amphibians

L Weiss, I Manzini, T Hassenklöver - Cell and Tissue Research, 2021‏ - Springer
Extant anuran amphibians originate from an evolutionary intersection eventually leading to
fully terrestrial tetrapods. In many ways, they have to deal with exposure to both terrestrial …