A Late Devonian Period Ichthyostega submerged in a ?
A Late Devonian Ichthyostega submerged in a floodplain 365 million years ago in what is today the Canadian Arctic. The tree-like trunk immediately behind the Ichthyostega is the base of a Pleuromeia. The Ichthyostega is eyeing a drowned centipede. Ichthyostega was one of the earliest tetrapods, a descendent of lobe-finned fishes and ancestor of amphibians. Ichthyostega had lungs and seven-toed limbs that allowed it to move about the shallow waters and shores of swamps and floodplains. It was among the first terrestrial vertebrates
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11106113
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48414605
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5450px x 3270px
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© Stocktrek Images / Mary Evans
Source
Walter Myers/Stocktrek Images
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Amphibian Biology Devonian Ecosystem Famennian Ichthyostega Paleobotany Paleozoic Swamp Tetrapod Undersea
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