A new elpistostegalian from the Late Devonian of the Canadian Arctic - Nature.com

A new elpistostegalian from the Late Devonian period has been discovered that shows disparity in the group and represents a previously hidden ecological expansion, a secondary return to open water, near the origin of limbed vertebrates.

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