From water to land: Tiktaalik
Del agua a la tierra: Tiktaalik
- Date
- c. 375 Ma · confidence medium
- Place
- Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
- Credited to
- Natural event
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
A fish with a neck, lungs and fins with arm bones: Tiktaalik, found in 2004, is the transitional form between fish and tetrapods.
Planetary event (F5), verified against sources on 25-09-2026.
What it led to
- Tetrapods