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Eucritta melanolimnetes - Science update from the journal Nature on an early Carboniferous tetrapod, the name of which translates as "Creature from the Black Lagoon".
Neil and Ted's Excellent Adventure - An article describing paleontologists Neil Shubin and Ted Daeschler and their search for early tetrapods, from Philadelphia Citypaper.net.
Out of the Swamps - A description of Casineria, an early tetrapod from Scotland, from Science News Online.
Clack, J. - Early tetrapod evolution (Univ. Cambridge, Mus. of Zoology).
Sues, H-D. - Triassic and Early Jurassic tetrapod paleobiology, University of Toronto.
Dendrerpeton acadianum - An early temnospondyl found in petrified tree stumps from Joggins, Nova Scotia.
Fish With Fingers - A description of Ted Daeschler and Neil Shubin's discovery of a transitional fish-tetrapod animal.
Laurin, M. - The origin and phylogeny of tetrapods (Université Paris).
Basal Tetrapod and Amphibian Trees - A list of cladograms tested for their correspondence with stratigraphic data, with references.
Central Pennsylvania Legacies: Fishing for History - An article, accompanying a public radio broadcast, describing the discovery of Hynerpeton bassetti at the Red Hill fossil site. A Real Audio archive of the broadcast is included.

Diadectidae - Diadectidae are a family of large reptile-like tetrapods that lived in Euramerica during the Carboniferous and Early Permian periods. They are the very first herbivorous tetrapods to appear, and also the first fully terrestrial animals to attain large size.
Diadectes - Diadectes was a genus of large, very reptile-like tetrapods that lived during the Early Permian. It is one of the very first herbivorous tetrapods, and also one of the first fully terrestrial animals to attain large size.
Eusthenopteron - Eusthenopteron was a genus of lobe-finned fish which has attained an iconic status from its close relationships to tetrapods. Early depictions of this animal show it emerging onto land, however paleontologists now widely agree that it was a pelagic animal.
Anthracosauria - Anthracosauria refers to a group of extinct reptile-like, amphibian-like tetrapods that flourished during the Carboniferous and early Permian periods, although precisely which species are included depends on one's definition of the taxon.
Articular - The articular bone is in the lower jaw of most tetrapods, including amphibians, sauropsids ("reptiles"), birds and early synapsids. In these animals it is connected to two other lower jaw bones, the suprangular and the angular; and it forms the jaw joint by articulating with the quadrate bone of the skull.