The Record (Bergen County, NJ), April 6th, 2006
MALCOLM RITTER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 04-06-2006
Fossil fish sheds light on transition from sea to land -- Creature's fin 'looks like a scale-covered arm' By MALCOLM RITTER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Date: 04-06-2006, Thursday Section: NEWS Edtion: All Editions
NEW YORK — Researchers have found a fossil fish with a crocodile-like head that apparently moved on land like a seal — an important discovery for understanding how fish evolved into land animals with four limbs and a backbone.
Scientists have long known that these land animals evolved from fish, b...
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