Ted Daeschler and Neil Shubin: Early Tetrapod Fossils

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WGBH: Evolution
Ted Daeschler and Neil Shubin: Early Tetrapod Fossils

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Source: Evolution: "Great Transformations"


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In this transcript of an interview filmed for Evolution: "Great Transformations," Ted Daeschler and Neil Shubin describe the discovery and significance of some of their key fossil finds.

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Paleontologists Ted Daeschler and Neil Shubin describe their fossil finds of aquatic, early limbed animals: Hynerpeton with its powerful forelimbs; the thick-jawed Densignathus rowei; Sauripterus with its muscular fin about the size of a tennis racket head; and the very large and ferocious lobe-fin fish Hyneria. Excerpted from an interview filmed for Evolution: "Great Transformations."

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  • Describe the combination of observation, comparison, and inference that Drs. Daeschler and Shubin use to reconstruct the habits of early tetrapods based on the shoulder girdle.
  • Discuss the importance of the diversity of fossil fishes and early tetrapods that lived during the same time period.

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