Marcello Ruta

Marcello Ruta
Residence Lincoln England
Nationality Italian Italy
Fields Palaeontology
Institutions University of Lincoln

Marcello Ruta is an Italian paleontologist.[1][2][3]

Ruta's research primarily has focused on the anatomy and evolutionary significance of Paleozoic tetrapods.

Selected publications

Ruta, M., Coates, M. I. and Quicke, D. L. J. 2003. Early tetrapod relationships revisited. Biological Reviews 78: 251-345.

Ruta, M., Jeffery, J. E. and Coates, M. I. 2003. A supertree of early tetrapods. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 270: 2507-2516.

Ruta, M. and Coates, M. I. 2007. Dates, nodes and character conflict: Addressing the lissamphibian origin problem. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5': 67-122.

Ruta, M., Pisani, D., Lloyd, G. T. and Benton, M. J. 2007. A supertree of Temnospondyli: cladogenetic patterns in the most species-rich group of early tetrapods. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 274: 3087-3095.

References

  1. ↑ Julie Wheldon (April 7, 2006). "A head like a crocodile, and fins of a fish, is this evolution's missing link?". The Advertiser.
  2. ↑ Julie Wheldon (April 6, 2006). "Meet your ancestor; Crocodile crossed with fish is the missing link". Daily Mail.
  3. ↑ Roger Highfield (April 6, 2006). "The fish that walked out of water Missing link between land and sea creatures found in frozen wastes of Canada. Roger Highfield reports". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
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