该科考小组由美国芝加哥大学演化生物学家尼尔·舒宾(NeilShubin)领导。这一发现被刊登在4月6日出版的《自然》杂志上:
Fossil Shows an Early Fish (Almost) out of Water
Elizabeth Pennisi
A 375-million-year-old fossil, reported in the 6 April issue of Nature, is the latest--and most telling--fossil showing how aquatic vertebrates turned into four-legged landlubbers called tetrapods.