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Panderichthys and all more
derived tetrapodomorph taxa. The
earliest elpistostegalians,
combining fishlike and tetrapod-like characters, such as Tiktaalik...
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homologous to fingers. Finger-like
distal radials are also
known in
other elpistostegalians:
Panderichthys (which has at
least four) and
Elpistostege (which has...
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Qikiqtania (pronounced "kick-kiq-tani-ahh") is an
extinct genus of
elpistostegalian tetrapodomorph from the Late
Devonian (early
Frasnian stage) Fram Formation...
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freshwater and
shallow marine tetrapodomorph fish, the tetrapod-like
elpistostegalians (such as Tiktaalik)
disappeared at the Frasnian-Famennian boundary...
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tristichopterids (notably Eusthenopteron), and more
recently the
elpistostegalians (also
known as Panderichthyida)
notably the
genus Tiktaalik. A notable...
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which help to
alter the body's
specific density and buoyancy. In
elpistostegalians, a
crown group of lobe-finned fish that gave rise to the land-dwelling...
- Ailis; Daeschler,
Edward B.; Shubin, Neil H. (2022-07-20). "A new
elpistostegalian from the Late
Devonian of the
Canadian Arctic". Nature. doi:10...
- ****umption that
tetrapods originated in the Late Devonian,
after elpistostegalians appear in the
fossil record near the
start of the Frasnian. The Zachelmie...
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water fish and
spent minimal time on land. The
group evolved from
elpistostegalian fish in the late Devonian, or
possibly in the
middle Devonian. They...
- known.
While most of
these were open-water fishes, one group, the
Elpistostegalians,
adapted to life in the shallows. They
evolved flat
bodies for movement...
