#paleontology #fossils #evolution #Devonian #QikiqtaniaWakei #TiktaalikRoseae An article published in the journal "Nature" reports the identification of a precursor of the #tetrapods that lived on today's Ellesmere Island, in Canada, in the Devonian period, about 375 million years ago. A team of researchers named it #Qikiqtania wakei and illustrated similarities and differences with #Tiktaalik roseae.

https://english.netmassimo.com/2022/08/04/qikiqtania-wakei-was-a-precursor-of-tetrapods-with-adaptations-to-life-on-the-mainland-and-back-to-the-water/