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A transitional fossil is any fossilized remains of a life form that exhibits traits common to both an ancestral group and its derived descendant group. This is especially important where the descendant group is sharply differentiated by gross anatomy and mode of living from the ancestral group. These fossils serve as a reminder that taxonomic divisions…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Panderichthys | instance of | Paleontologists suggest that it is representative of the transition between non-tetrapod vertebrates | 0.80 | text |
| known from fossils 380 million years old | instance of | Paleontologists suggest that it is representative of the transition between non-tetrapod vertebrates | 0.80 | text |
| and early tetrapods such as Acanthostega | instance of | Paleontologists suggest that it is representative of the transition between non-tetrapod vertebrates | 0.80 | text |
| Ichthyostega | instance of | Paleontologists suggest that it is representative of the transition between non-tetrapod vertebrates | 0.80 | text |
| known from fossils about 365 million years old | instance of | Paleontologists suggest that it is representative of the transition between non-tetrapod vertebrates | 0.80 | text |
| Transitional fossil | related to Amphistium | Pleuronectiformes | 0.60 | section |
| Transitional fossil | related to Amphistium | The | 0.60 | section |
| Transitional fossil | related to Amphistium | In | 0.60 | section |
| Transitional fossil | related to Amphistium | Other | 0.60 | section |
| Transitional fossil | related to Amphistium | Amphistium | 0.60 | section |
| Transitional fossil | related to Amphistium | In Amphistium | 0.60 | section |
| Transitional fossil | related to Amphistium | Paleontologists | 0.60 | section |
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