Journal article
Tetrapod tracks from the Mauch Chunk Formation (middle to upper Mississippian) of Pennsylvania, USA
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, v 156(1), pp 199-209
01 Jun 2007
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Abstract
Evidence of tetrapods is scarce in the early Mississippian. Following Romer's Gap, a time of some 15 million years at the beginning of the Mississippian when remains of tetrapods and other continential organisms are rare, only sporadic skeletal and footprint fossils are found. We report here on new specimens of the tetrapod ichnogenera Hylopus and Palaeosauropus from the middle of the Mauch Chunk Formation (middle to upper Mississippian) of Eastern Pennsylvania. These document walking and swimming behaviors by at least two basal tetrapod taxa, perhaps an anthracosaur and a temnospondyl and show evidence for the beginning of the second period of tetrapod diversification.
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- Title
- Tetrapod tracks from the Mauch Chunk Formation (middle to upper Mississippian) of Pennsylvania, USA
- Creators
- Matthew B. Vrazo - University of BristolMichael J. Benton - University of BristolEdward B. Daeschler - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, v 156(1), pp 199-209
- Publisher
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grant note
- 22651 / ANSP
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science (BEES)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000261854400013
- Other Identifier
- 991019168536604721
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