Elpistostegalia
Elpistostegalia, also known as Panderichthyida, is a type of prehistoric fish which lived about 385 to 374 million years ago.[2]
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| Panderichthys | |
| Scientific classification e | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Eotetrapodiformes |
| Clade: | Elpistostegalia Camp & Allison, 1961 |
| Type genus | |
| Elpistostege Westoll, 1938
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Why they evolved
A rise in the world's oxygen content caused predatory fish to evolve,[3] and this fish was the most successful.[4]
What they evolved from
Below is a description of their evolutionary family tree.[1]
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Elpistostegalia Media
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Restoration of Acanthostega gunnari
References
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