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SHUBIN, Neil H. (1960 – )

SHUBIN, Neil H. (1960 – )

1960 –

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Cmichel67 · Own work · CC BY-SA 4.0

2006 CE

#14085

A Devonian tetrapod-like fish and the evolution of the tetrapod body plan.

The authors showed that: 1) This transitional species had a set of features representing a major departure from the pattern in more primitive sarcopterygian fishes. 2) They presented data to indicate that Tiktaalik li…

2006 CE

#14084

The pectoral fin of Tiktaalik roseae and the origin of the tetrapod limb.

In 2004 Shubin, Daeschler and Jenkins discovered the first well-preserved Tiktaalik fossils in on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada. Tiktaalik is a non-tetrapod member of Osteichthyes (bony fish) from the late Devon…