New predatory fish species which lived about 360 million years ago may have grown to over 2.5m long, according to analysis of South African fossils
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New predatory fish species which lived about 360 million years ago may have grown to over 2.5m long, according to analysis of South African fossils
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281333
Article Title: A high latitude Gondwanan species of the Late Devonian tristichopterid Hyneria (Osteichthyes: Sarcopterygii)
Author Countries: South Africa, Sweden
Funding: PEA: Wallenberg Scholarship (not numbered), from the Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation. https://kaw.wallenberg.org PEA: ERC Advanced Grant ERC-2020-ADG 10101963 “Tetrapod Origin”, from the European Research Council. https://erc.europa.eu/homepage RWG: Millennium Trust, South Africa (no number). https://www.mtrust.co.za RWG: GENUS (DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences), South Africa (no number). https://www.genus.africa RWG: NRF of South Africa (no number). https://www.nrf.ac.za The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Journal
PLoS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0281333
Article Title
A high latitude Gondwanan species of the Late Devonian tristichopterid Hyneria (Osteichthyes: Sarcopterygii)
Article Publication Date
22-Feb-2023
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.