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Reply to Butterfield: The Devonian radiation of large predatory fish coincided with elevated atmospheric oxygen levels

We welcome this opportunity to clarify the conclusions and implications of our recent publication in PNAS. Butterfield (1) raises four issues regarding the oxygenation of the Paleozoic Earth's surface and its correlation to animal evolution. Our geochemical and paleontological data supported ocean oxygenation in the Silurian-Early Devonian (2), a critical transition in Earth history that influenced biogeochemical cycles and biological systems.

[1] N. Butterfield. Was the Devonian radiation of large predatory fish a consequence of rising atmospheric oxygen concentration? , 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

[2] E. Hammarlund,et al. Do large predatory fish track ocean oxygenation? , 2011, Communicative & integrative biology.

[3] Andrew H Knoll,et al. Devonian rise in atmospheric oxygen correlated to the radiations of terrestrial plants and large predatory fish , 2010, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

[4] G. Nilsson,et al. Does size matter for hypoxia tolerance in fish? , 2008, Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.

[5] P. Anderson,et al. Feeding mechanics and bite force modelling of the skull of Dunkleosteus terrelli, an ancient apex predator , 2007, Biology Letters.

[6] Jennifer M. Robinson,et al. Burning of forest materials under late Paleozoic high atmospheric oxygen levels , 2004 .