Visual ecology of the Australian lungfish ( Neoceratodus forsteri ).(Research article)(Report)

BMC Ecology | December 18, 2008| | Copyright

Authors: Nathan S Hart (corresponding author) [1]; Helena J Bailes [1,2]; Misha Vorobyev [1,3]; N Justin Marshall [1]; Shaun P Collin [1]

Background

Lungfishes (Dipnoi) diverged from the main vertebrate stock in the early Devonian (ca. 390 MYA) [1] and together with coelancanths and the extinct osteolepimorphs comprise the Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish). While it is generally agreed that tetrapods evolved from sarcopterygian fish, phylogenetic relationships within the Sarcopterygii have been the subject of considerable debate [2, 3]. A recent ...

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