March 13, 2013
Evolution of tetrapods for a magazine article. By Maija Karala:
“The animals depicted are, from bottom to top, Eusthenopteron, Panderichthys, Tiktaalik, Acanthostega, Ichthyostega and Pederpes. I tried to depict them as independent lineages instead of the often misunderstood linear progression. I also pointed it out in the text itself for a couple of times.
I only included the best-known fossils and left all the isolated jaw bones and head parts out, because I didn’t want to speculate too much.”

Evolution of tetrapods for a magazine article. By Maija Karala:

“The animals depicted are, from bottom to top, Eusthenopteron, Panderichthys, Tiktaalik, Acanthostega, Ichthyostega and Pederpes. I tried to depict them as independent lineages instead of the often misunderstood linear progression. I also pointed it out in the text itself for a couple of times.

I only included the best-known fossils and left all the isolated jaw bones and head parts out, because I didn’t want to speculate too much.”

April 30, 2012
Neil Shubin, one of the paleontologists who discovered Tiktaalik, holding a cast of its skull

Neil Shubin, one of the paleontologists who discovered Tiktaalik, holding a cast of its skull

April 30, 2012

Tiktaalik roseae is an intermediate between fish that lived in water and animals that evolved to walk on land. Its fin is like that of fish, but it was capable of propping the body of the animal up, much like a limb”.

Full article and video. It’s old news (April 5, 2006) but it’s still interesting.