Tiktaalik roseae fossil analysis provides new details on the origin of vertebrate legs
Monday, January 13, 2014 - 13:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The discovery of well-preserved pelves and a partial pelvic fin from Tiktaalik roseae, a 375 million-year-old transitional species between fish and the first legged animals, reveals that the evolution of hind legs actually began as enhanced hind fins.