New clues emerge in how early tetrapods learned to live — and eat — on land – EurekAlert

New research out of the University of Chicago has found evidence that the lobe-finned fish species Tiktaalik roseae was capable of both biting and suction during feeding, similar to modern-day gars. These results, published on Feb. 1 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, provide evidence that bite-based feeding originally evolved in aquatic species and was later adapted for use on land.
T. roseae, a creature whose flat skull is reminiscent of an alligator, is a species that lived…

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