- and tetrapod-like characters, such as Tiktaalik, are
sometimes called fishapods.
Although historically Elpistostegalia (often
spelled Panderichthyida)...
- the
early labyrinthodonts, such as Tiktaalik, have been
referred to as "
fishapods" by
their discoverers,
being half-fish, half-tetrapods, in appearance...
-
cartilaginous fish) proliferate. Some lobe
finned fish
transform into
digited fishapods,
slowly becoming amphibious. The last non-trilobite
artiopods die off...
-
Devonian tetrapods include fishapods and
amphibians that
lived during the
Devonian Period.
Carboniferous tetrapods Permian tetrapods "Tetrapodomorpha"...
- —
Tiktaalik is an
Inuktitut word
meaning "large
freshwater fish". The "
fishapod"
genus received this name
after a
suggestion by
Inuit elders of Canada's...
- the
early labyrinthodonts, like Tiktaalik, have been
referred to as "
fishapods" by
their discoverers,
being half-fish, half-tetrapods, in appearance...
- habitats,
where they
evolved large eyes and spiracles.
Primitive tetrapods ("
fishapods")
developed from
tetrapodomorphs with a two-lobed
brain in a flattened...
-
circulation and
exchange outside water. The
first tetrapods (stem) or "
fishapods" were
primarily aquatic.
Modern amphibians,
which evolved from earlier...
- led one of its discoverers, Neil Shubin, to
characterize Tiktaalik as a "
fishapod". 365 Ma
Acanthostega A fish-like
early labyrinthodont that
occupied swamps...
-
Devonian (which is when
tetrapods are
thought to have
started to
emerge from
fishapods). However,
there is no
evidence of
lissamphibians or lissamphibian-like...
