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23 September 2020 Tristichopterids (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from the Upper Devonian Tetrapod-Bearing Locality of Strud (Belgium, Upper Famennian), with Phylogenetic and Paleobiogeographic Considerations
Sébastien Olive, Yann Leroy, Edward B. Daeschler, Jason P. Downs, Sandrine Ladevèze, Gaël Clément
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Abstract

We describe new material of the tristichopterids cf. Langlieria socqueti and cf. Eusthenodon wangsjoi and other unassignable tetrapodomorph remains from the upper Famennian locality of Strud, Belgium. Because of recent improvements in our tristichopterid knowledge, a new phylogenetic analysis is presented in addition to a paleobiogeographic analysis using the Bayesian binary Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) statistical method. The origin of the whole tristichopterid clade is reconstructed with a very likely western European origin. Much of the early tristichopterid history took place in Euramerica. During the Late Devonian, tristichopterids most probably spread from Euramerica into Gondwana. The highly nested tristichopterid clade formed by Cabonnichthys burnsi, Mandageria fairfaxi, E. wangsjoi, Edenopteron keithcrooki, and Hyneria lindae most likely differentiated in Australia. Then dispersal events occurred from Australia to Euramerica with Hyneria lindae (to eastern North America) and E. wangsjoi (to Greenland/western Europe). The latter dispersal events, during the Famennian, are in agreement with the Great Devonian Interchange, which predicts dispersal events between Gondwana and Euramerica at this time.

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Sébastien Olive, Yann Leroy, Edward B. Daeschler, Jason P. Downs, Sandrine Ladevèze, and Gaël Clément "Tristichopterids (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from the Upper Devonian Tetrapod-Bearing Locality of Strud (Belgium, Upper Famennian), with Phylogenetic and Paleobiogeographic Considerations," Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40(1), (23 September 2020). https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2020.1768105
Received: 5 April 2019; Accepted: 10 March 2020; Published: 23 September 2020
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