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Description
“ Inside of every problem lies an opportunity. ”– Robert Kiyosaki
“ I think it must help with stiffening the body, because the tail is so flexible ”– Lauren Cole Sallan

Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Subclass: Chondrostei
Order: Tarrasiiformes
Family: Tarrasiidae
Genus: Tarrasius
Species: Tarrasius problematius
Descendant: Tarrasiidae
Named by: Ramsay H Traquair
Year Discovered: 1887
Diet: Omnivorous
Size: small
Conservation Status: Extinct

Tarrasius problematius, was an eel-like fish that lived in shallow bodies of water in what is now Scotland, in the Carboniferous period between 359 million and 318 million years ago. Like many fish, Tarrasius was thought to have a vertebral column divided simply into body and tail segments. This fish have human-like spine morphology found in aquatic eel fossil.

Appearance
The appearance of tetrapod-like spinal organization in a ray-finned fish shatters the presumed relationship between complex vertebral anatomy and both walking and terrestriality. The eel-like Tarrasius possessed no hind fins and a long dorsal fin, indicating it used its surprisingly intricate spinal column for swimming, not walking.

Ecology
And while Tarrasius lived several million years after the first tetrapods with hands and feet, the discovery of these spinal features in a fish species confirms that this anatomy can evolve separate from the evolution of walking behavior.

Website
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/…
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic…
scholar.google.com/scholar_loo…
www.wisesayings.com/problems-q…

Made by: IbisPaint
Date: 29/4/2021

Tarrasius problematius – © Walt Disney Studios, National Geographic, Animal Planet, BBC

Description
“ Inside of every problem lies an opportunity. ”– Robert Kiyosaki
“ I think it must help with stiffening the body, because the tail is so flexible ”– Lauren Cole Sallan

Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Subclass: Chondrostei
Order: Tarrasiiformes
Family: Tarrasiidae
Genus: Tarrasius
Species: Tarrasius problematius
Descendant: Tarrasiidae
Named by: Ramsay H Traquair
Year Discovered: 1887
Diet: Omnivorous
Size: small
Conservation Status: Extinct

Tarrasius problematius, was an eel-like fish that lived in shallow bodies of water in what is now Scotland, in the Carboniferous period between 359 million and 318 million years ago. Like many fish, Tarrasius was thought to have a vertebral column divided simply into body and tail segments. This fish have human-like spine morphology found in aquatic eel fossil.

Appearance
The appearance of tetrapod-like spinal organization in a ray-finned fish shatters the presumed relationship between complex vertebral anatomy and both walking and terrestriality. The eel-like Tarrasius possessed no hind fins and a long dorsal fin, indicating it used its surprisingly intricate spinal column for swimming, not walking.

Ecology
And while Tarrasius lived several million years after the first tetrapods with hands and feet, the discovery of these spinal features in a fish species confirms that this anatomy can evolve separate from the evolution of walking behavior.

Website
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/…
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic…
scholar.google.com/scholar_loo…
www.wisesayings.com/problems-q…

Made by: IbisPaint
Date: 29/4/2021

Tarrasius problematius – © Walt Disney Studios, National Geographic, Animal Planet, BBC