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Fossil of “Elpistostege” - examined
March 24 , 2020
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- The Paleontologists of Canada have linked human hands to the fins of fish.
- The researchers examined a fossil of “Elpistostege”.
- The Elpistostege represents the pivotal stage of transition of fish into land vertebrates.
- The Elpistostege was completely aquatic.
- It had a crocodile-like body, flat triangular head, numerous teeth around jaws.
- The four-limbed animals that evolved from these Elpistostege were called tetrapods.
- The Elpistostege lived during Devonian period.
- The Devonian Period spans for 60 million years and is around 419 million years ago.
- It is named after the place Devon, England where the rocks of the era were first found.
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