#fishapods

[jmallory]

[typhlonectes]

Fish Changed in a Surprising Way Before Invading Land

Even before they grew strong legs, their eyes surged in size.

The earliest tetrapods had much bigger eyes than their fishy forebears.

MacIver always assumed that this enlargement happened after they marched onto land, allowing them to see further and to plan their paths. “That was an expectation fueled by ignorance,” he says. Actually, after studying the fossils of many fishapods—extinct species that were intermediate between fish and tetrapods—MacIver found that bigger eyes evolved before walking legs...

[naturgemalde]

Ocean tides could have driven ancient fish to walk... - via Researcher http://researcher-app.com

[sherokutakari]

This article states that new, prehistoric-like fish that are turning up in Lake Tiktaalik have literally been deemed "fishapods" I can't??