Temnospondyli Fossil First and Last Appearance Dates for Skull Evolution Study

Supplementary data from a study investigating differential skull bone loss in tetrapod evolution. The file contains first and last appearance dates (FADs and LADs) for Temnospondyli fossils. Published on figshare by Kim Julia Kean under a CC-BY-4.0 license in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal ranges of fossil taxa for phylogenetic studies (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Modeling patterns of morphological trait evolution over geological time (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Calibrating divergence time estimates in vertebrate phylogenies (inferred from domain, verify after download)

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• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Last updated on 2026-05-15 11:53:19, indicating recent maintenance.

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• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

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Last updated 2026-05-15 11:53:19