The oldest known Tetrapoda

Abstract

The present work of G. Säve-Söderbergh, despite its modest title: “Preliminary note on Devonian stegocephalians from eastern Greenland,” sets out the contents of a very interesting study devoted to the description of finds of the oldest Tetrapoda known to date. It should be said that the discovery of reliable remains of them in the Devonian has long been eagerly awaited in the scientific world. The author was a member of the Danish East Greenland Expedition of 1931, which worked under the leadership of Dr. Lauge Koch and discovered the fauna of lobefins and other fishes in the Upper Devonian (layers of the upper red sandstone in the area of Mont Celsius on Ymer Island at 73° 10' N). . and 23° west longitude). The accuracy of age determination is certified by the works of the famous Swedish scientist E. Stenslö (see article).