Panderichthys

On the right, Tiktaalik with tail reconstructed from Panderichthys is drawn to the same shoulder-hip length.

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The transitional zone red bounded by Panderichthys and Tiktaalik can now be characterized in detail.

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They are all Middle–Late Devonian in age, ranging from 385 million years (Panderichthys) to 365 million years (Acanthostega, Ichthyostega).

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The disposition of distal radials in Panderichthys are much more tetrapod-like than in Tiktaalik, Boisvert wrote.

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I have simply explained that the morphology of the fin of Panderichthys is more tetrapod-like than that of Tiktaalik, which has nothing to do with the quality of the material.

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Five of the most completely known are the osteolepiform Eusthenopteron; the transitional forms Panderichthys and Tiktaalik; and the primitive tetrapods Acanthostega and Ichthyostega.

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The vertebral column of Panderichthys is poorly known and not shown.

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Moving back now to the fish side of the divide, Panderichthys, also from the late Devonian, is also slightly more amphibian-like, and slightly less fish-like, than Eusthenopteron.

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So, we are left with a gap between Panderichthys, the amphibian-like fish, and Acanthostega, the fish-like amphibian.

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Moving back now to the fish side of the divide, Panderichthys, also from the late Devonian, is also slightly more amphibian-like, and slightly less fish-like, than Eusthenopteron.

THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009