Evolution of early land vertebrates:
DFG sets up a new research group
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Palaeontologist Prof. Dr. Rainer Schoch at an excavation near Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, where he is investigating the early years of mastodonsaurus and related species. | Credits: SMNS / Eudald Mujal
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Mastodonsaurus, the largest amphibian in the history of the earth, reached a length of 5 meters. Its life cycle has already been studied, and now its bones are to reveal further life data. Reconstruction in the Natural History Museum Stuttgart. | Credits: SMNS / Rainer Schoch
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Prof. Dr. Rainer Schoch, spokesperson for the new DFG research group. | Credits: SMNS / Tobias Wilhelm