The oldest stegocephalian from the Iberian Peninsula: evidence that temnospondyls were euryhaline

Authors
Laurin, M Soler-Gijon, R
Citation
M. Laurin et R. Soler-gijon, The oldest stegocephalian from the Iberian Peninsula: evidence that temnospondyls were euryhaline, CR AC S III, 324(5), 2001, pp. 495-501
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary,"Experimental Biology
Journal title
COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE III-SCIENCES DE LA VIE-LIFE SCIENCES
ISSN journal
07644469 → ACNP
Volume
324
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
495 - 501
Database
ISI
SICI code
0764-4469(200105)324:5<495:TOSFTI>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The previous fossil record of limbed vertebrates of the Iberian peninsula s tarted in the Triassic (245 Ma). The discovery of a new temnospondyl from t he Late Carboniferous (Stephanian C, 290 Ma) extends the fossil record of s tegocephalians in this region by at least 45 Ma. Early stegocephalians are usually thought to have been unable to live in salt water, but the new temn ospondyl described below appears to have lived in a coastal region, presuma bly in salt water. (C) 2001 Academie des Sciences/Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.