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Permian tetrapods from the Sahara show climate-controlled endemism in Pangaea

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  • Christian A. Sidor

    (New York College of Osteopathic Medicine)

  • F. Robin O'Keefe

    (New York College of Osteopathic Medicine)

  • Ross Damiani

    (University of the Witwatersrand)

  • J. Sébastien Steyer

    (Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle)

  • Roger M. H. Smith

    (South African Museum)

  • Hans C. E. Larsson

    (McGill University)

  • Paul C. Sereno

    (University of Chicago)

  • Oumarou Ide

    (Institut de Recherches en Sciences Humaines)

  • Abdoulaye Maga

    (Institut de Recherches en Sciences Humaines)

Abstract

Evolving tetrapods: steppe change Most of what we know of the fascinating period of vertebrate evolution at the end of the Palaeozoic era, 250 million years ago, is based on fossil faunas from southern Africa and from the region that is now China and Russia. The discovery of two previously unknown species of fossil amphibian from the Upper Permian of Niger in West Africa provides a glimpse of a very different fauna, indicating greater variation between Permian vertebrates than was assumed, and perhaps providing a window on climate differences across Pangaea, the global supercontinent of the time.

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  • Christian A. Sidor & F. Robin O'Keefe & Ross Damiani & J. Sébastien Steyer & Roger M. H. Smith & Hans C. E. Larsson & Paul C. Sereno & Oumarou Ide & Abdoulaye Maga, 2005. "Permian tetrapods from the Sahara show climate-controlled endemism in Pangaea," Nature, Nature, vol. 434(7035), pages 886-889, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:434:y:2005:i:7035:d:10.1038_nature03393
    DOI: 10.1038/nature03393
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