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At the moment I find myself obsessed with the fact the parrotfish-like latimeriids existed. You're welcome.

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2023-03-10

Day 7: Powered-Flight Snakes
An entirely weird lineage of terrestrial sarcopterygian of my Fantasy World, Quetzals are predators and omnivores that use multiple Fin-esc wings to continuously Fly, supported by cartilage, muscles, and ribs

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2022-09-08

Another sarcopterygian for day 2 of Here we have the lumpy, I mean lovely, Foreyia from the Triassic of Switzerland. This fintastic fossil highlights how a few slight changes to even just one gene may lead to a cascade of unique morphologic features!

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2021-02-17

The Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) is one of the six living species of lungfish in the world. They belong to class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish), from which the ancestor of tetrapods (amphibians, reptiles, and mammals) has evolved

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2020-12-18

Pez tipo agua basado en los Sarcopterigios, los primeros peces que evolucionaron para pisar la tierra.

La idea es que la primera fase sea agua, la segunda agua/tierra y la tercera tipo tierra puro. Referenciando la evolución de las especies.

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2020-12-12

Le 17
Entendre les ombres/sarcopte
*sarcopte de la gale et ses oeufs

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2020-10-26

of hexaped vertebrates. The idea being that a lineage of sarcopterygians add their anal fin as a third pair of legs. Interesting implication is that the creatures probably wouldn't have vital organs past the pelvic limbs (shown in green)

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2020-08-22

Dongeng dari pertengahan era Devonian, ±392 juta tahun yg lalu.

Konon saat itu Bumi sangat indah, bersih, segar, tanpa polusi sedikit pun.

Tersebutlah Sarcopterygii yg sedang menderita depresi berat akibat patah hati. Ia membenci segalanya, termasuk planetnya sendiri.

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2020-03-13

Sarcoptes scabiei x KYH
✅ Bulet
✅ Limbs are thicc🥺

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2019-12-12

3 sarcopterygian fish from the Silurian. From the top: Guiyu oneiros, Megamastax, and Psarolepis. 2/3 of these were pretty big predators of the Silurian seas, with Guiyu reaching about 13in while Megamastax is estimated at around 1m (3.28ft)

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2018-12-02