Timeline of Devonian research

This timeline of Devonian research is a chronological listing of events in the history of geology and paleontology focused on the study of earth during the span of time lasting from 419.2 to 358.9 million years ago and the legacies of this period in the rock and fossil records.

19th century

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Pterygotus.
 
Eusthenopteron.

1844

1859

1881

1889

1894

20th century

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Ichthyostega.
 
Dunkleosteus.

1932

1937

  • W. H. Lang described the new genus Cooksonia.

1952

1956

1968

  • Thomson described the new genus Hyneria.

21st century

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Tiktaalik.

2006

  • Daeschler, Shubin & Jenkins described the new genus Tiktaalik.

2010

  • Gonez and Gerrienne emended genus Cooksonia described by W. H. Lang in 1937.

See also

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References

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