Discovery of a Giant Stem Tetrapod Apex Predator from the Late Palaeozoic Ice Age in Gondwana
The discovery of a new giant stem tetrapod, Gaiasia jennyae, from high-palaeolatitude early Permian deposits in Namibia challenges previous hypotheses of early tetrapod evolution and distribution, suggesting a more global distribution of continental tetrapods during the Carboniferous-Permian transition.