The holotype and referred material combine scales, fin rays and fish-like jaws with a mobile neck, modified ear region, robust ribs and a functional wrist joint.
Represented range375–375 Ma
RegionsFram Formation, southern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
CladesTiktaalik roseae · Elpistostegalia
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morphology · high
Tiktaalik roseae material from the Fram Formation combines scales, fin rays and fish-like jaws with a shortened skull roof, mobile neck, modified ear region, robust ribs and a functional wrist joint; this mosaic does not demonstrate habitual terrestrial walking or direct ancestry.