Mesanerpeton (original) (raw)
Mesanerpeton is an extinct genus of four-limbed stem-tetrapod from the Mississippian (Tournaisian) of Scotland. It contains a single species, Mesanerpeton woodi, who based on a disarticulated specimen including a clavicle, vertebrae, and forelimb bones from the Ballagan Formation. The vertebrae are poorly-ossified and similar to Crassigyrinus, but the forelimb was robust. The shape and level of torsion present in the humerus are intermediate between Devonian stem-tetrapods and later Carboniferous tetrapods. This transitional condition, and the associated rerouting of the brachial artery and median nerve, may indicate that Mesanerpeton had a higher stride length and more efficient locomotion on land compared to its predecessors.
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| dbo:abstract | Mesanerpeton is an extinct genus of four-limbed stem-tetrapod from the Mississippian (Tournaisian) of Scotland. It contains a single species, Mesanerpeton woodi, who based on a disarticulated specimen including a clavicle, vertebrae, and forelimb bones from the Ballagan Formation. The vertebrae are poorly-ossified and similar to Crassigyrinus, but the forelimb was robust. The shape and level of torsion present in the humerus are intermediate between Devonian stem-tetrapods and later Carboniferous tetrapods. This transitional condition, and the associated rerouting of the brachial artery and median nerve, may indicate that Mesanerpeton had a higher stride length and more efficient locomotion on land compared to its predecessors. (en) |
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| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink | dbr:Scotland dbr:Median_nerve dbr:Crassigyrinus dbr:Genus dbr:Brachial_artery dbr:Mississippian_(geology) dbr:Clavicle dbc:Mississippian_animals dbr:Tournaisian dbr:Ballagan_Formation dbc:Carboniferous_tetrapods_of_Europe dbc:Prehistoric_tetrapod_genera dbc:Taxa_named_by_Jenny_Clack dbc:Fossil_taxa_described_in_2016 dbr:Jenny_Clack dbr:Stan_Wood_(fossil_hunter) dbc:Stegocephalians dbr:Vertebra dbr:Extinction dbr:Stem_tetrapoda |
| dbp:authority | Smithson & Clack, 2017 (en) |
| dbp:taxon | Mesanerpeton (en) |
| dbp:typeSpecies | Mesanerpeton woodi (en) |
| dbp:typeSpeciesAuthority | Smithson & Clack, 2017 (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | Mesanerpeton is an extinct genus of four-limbed stem-tetrapod from the Mississippian (Tournaisian) of Scotland. It contains a single species, Mesanerpeton woodi, who based on a disarticulated specimen including a clavicle, vertebrae, and forelimb bones from the Ballagan Formation. The vertebrae are poorly-ossified and similar to Crassigyrinus, but the forelimb was robust. The shape and level of torsion present in the humerus are intermediate between Devonian stem-tetrapods and later Carboniferous tetrapods. This transitional condition, and the associated rerouting of the brachial artery and median nerve, may indicate that Mesanerpeton had a higher stride length and more efficient locomotion on land compared to its predecessors. (en) |
| rdfs:label | Mesanerpeton (en) |
| owl:sameAs | wikidata:Mesanerpeton https://global.dbpedia.org/id/GW1Cg |
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| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf | wikipedia-en:Mesanerpeton |
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