Talk:Romer's gap
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- Smithson, T. R.; Wood, S. P.; Marshall, J. E. A.; Clack, J. A. (2012). "Earliest Carboniferous tetrapod and arthropod faunas from Scotland populate Romer's Gap". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1073/pnas.1117332109.
This looks like they filled the gap.--Stone (talk) 14:02, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
- Yeah, this is an interesting paper. I just included a brief mention of this in the article, with more coming on the authors' explanation for the gap. Smokeybjb (talk) 22:01, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
Romer's Gap, in the fossil record, for tetrapods, in ancient North America, coincides with the hot-spot style eruptions, at the Mount Pleasant Caldera, in New Brunswick Canada, c.370-345Ma. 66.235.38.214 (talk) 09:09, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
Here's another gap filler indicating that the gap may only be one of incomplete collecting. Findings in this article may not only bridge the gap in understanding of when tetrapods became terrestrial, but also when amniotes evolved.
- Clack, J. A.; Bennett, C. E.; Carpenter, D. K.; Davies, S. J. (December 5, 2016). "Phylogenetic and environmental context of a Tournaisian tetrapod fauna". Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1 (0002). doi:10.1038/s41559-016-0002.