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Tiktaalik body-plan mosaic

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.

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References

  1. A Devonian tetrapod-like fish and the evolution of the tetrapod body planDaeschler, E.B.; Shubin, N.H.; Jenkins, F.A. Jr · 2006 · DOI 10.1038/nature04639
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