The oldest of the currently known Tetrapoda
Abstract
The present work by G. Säve-Söderbergh, despite its modest title: "Preliminary Note on Devonian Stegocephalians from East Greenland," presents the content of a very interesting study devoted to the description of the finds of the oldest Tetrapoda known to date. It should be said that the discovery of reliable remains of these in the Devonian had long been eagerly anticipated in the scientific world. The author was a participant in the Danish East Greenland Expedition of 1931, which worked under the leadership of Dr. Lauge Koch and discovered a fauna of coelacanths and other fishes in the Upper Devonian (layers of the Upper Red Sandstone in the Mont Celsius area on Ymer Island at 73°10' N and 23° W). The accuracy of the age determination is confirmed by the work of the renowned Swedish scholar E. Stensiö (see the article).
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References
- G. Säve-Söderbergh, "Preliminary note on Devonian stegocephalians from East Greenland", Vol. 94, No. 7, Copenhagen 1932.