So this is my best bud, Tiktaalik. He is pretty mucht the trasitional fossil that shows us the transformation from aquatic to land animals. As you can see by the picture, Tiktaalic was a pretty scary, alligator creature with wrists, a neck, and a developed rib-cage, all of which helped it crawl on land.
Mr. Quick used this amazing creature to illustrate the importance of intermediate or transitional fossils. We learned that without finding a transition fossil like Tiktaalik, our fossil record is not complete. In modern day paleontology, he represents the direct relationship between land and aquatic animals.
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