Comparative studies of large phylogenies of living and extinct groups have shown that most
biodiversity arises from a small number of highly species-rich clades. To understand …

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 …

Vertebrate palaeontology is a lively field, with new discoveries reported every week... and
not only dinosaurs! This new edition reflects the international scope of vertebrate …

The origin of tetrapods from their fish antecedents, approximately 400 million years ago, was
coupled with the origin of terrestrial locomotion and the evolution of supporting limbs …

Fishes include more than half of all living animals with backbones, but large‐scale
palaeobiological patterns in this assemblage have not received the same attention as those …

Understanding the evolutionary transformation of fish fins into tetrapod limbs is a
fundamental problem in biology. The search for antecedents of tetrapod digits in fish has …

Abrupt collapse of the tropical rainforest biome (Coal Forests) drove rapid diversification of
Carboniferous tetrapods (amphibians and reptiles) in Euramerica. This finding is based on …

The Devonian marks a critical stage in the early evolution of vertebrates: It opens with an
unprecedented diversity of fishes and closes with the earliest evidence of limbed tetrapods …

Blinking, the transient occlusion of the eye by one or more membranes, serves several
functions including wetting, protecting, and cleaning the eye. This behavior is seen in nearly …

The invasion of the land was a complex, protracted process, punctuated by mass extinctions,
that involved multiple routes from marine environments. We integrate paleobiology …