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stem(?)-tetrapod remains from the Carboniferous of Ireland

Started by Halichoeres, October 23, 2019, 05:17:58 PM

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Halichoeres

The remains are pretty scanty (part of an ilium and some limb elements), but they're the first Pennsylvanian tetrapodomorph remains from this region, extending their geographic range. They were found in marine sediments, but were probably washed into the sea from a river.

A speculative but reasonable reconstruction (inset shows one of the actual bones):


Paper (paywall, but I have a pdf for the curious): https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3318/ijes.2019.37.2

And a write-up in The Journal: https://www.thejournal.ie/tetrapod-co-clare-4845089-Oct2019/ (some of the comments are hilarious)
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