-
choana of
tetrapods evolved is debated, with some
considering early rhipidistians as the
first choanates. The
feature is also
present in
modern lungfish...
- lobe-finned fishes,
split into two main lineages: the
coelacanths and the
rhipidistians.
Coelacanths never left the
oceans and
their heyday was the late Devonian...
-
lungfish instead is more
closely related to tetrapods.
Coelacanths and
rhipidistians (the
concestor of
lungfish and tetrapods) had
already diverged from...
-
Juvenile specimens of
Eusthenopteron foordi Whiteaves, 1881 (Osteolepiform
rhipidistian, Pisces) from the Late
Devonian of Miguasha, Quebec, Canada. Journal...
- were
probably for
sensing vibrations in the water.
Osteolepis was a
rhipidistian,
having a
number of
features in
common with the
tetrapods (land-dwelling...
-
tetrapods Tetrapods,
vertebrates with four limbs,
evolved from
other rhipidistian fish over a
relatively short timespan during the Late
Devonian (370 to 360...
- lobe-finned fish
split into two main
lineages — the
coelacanths and the
rhipidistians. The
former never left the
oceans and
their heyday was the Late Devonian...
- have swum
quickly through the
water to
catch prey.
Similar to
other rhipidistians, it had fang-like
teeth on its
palate in
addition to
smaller teeth on...
- the
sarcopterygian fishes. His main
interests were in the so-called "
rhipidistian"
sarcopterygian fishes,
which he held to be
divided into two groups:...
-
Juvenile specimens of
Eusthenopteron foordi Whiteaves, 1881 (Osteolepiform
rhipidistian, Pisces) from the Late
Devonian of Miguasha, Quebec, Canada. Journal...
