Tiktaalik. The Tikaalik was a 375 million-year-old large aquatic predator with flattened head and body, represents an important intermediate step in the evolutionary transition from fish to animals that walked on land.
Tiktaalik. The Tikaalik was a 375 million-year-old large aquatic predator with flattened head and body, represents an important intermediate step in the evolutionary transition from fish to animals that walked on land.
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