Meditations and Learnings

Meditations and Learnings

Tiktaalik



A fossil you should know about. It is dated to 375 million years ago and speaks to facts about the transition of fish from water to land. It has a mix of fish and amphibian traits and would have lived 12 millions year prior to tetrapods (4 legged creatures). It currently marks the earliest appearance of tetrapod-like features in fossil record.