Quotes and Misquotes of B.J. Stahl
Quotes and Misquotes from:
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Vertebrate History: Problems in Evolution
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Claimed: Sat Mar 13 1993 19:45:18 By: Barbara Brasfield
The coelacanths and rhipidistians are together classified as
crossopterygian fishes, which is supposed to be the ancestral group for
amphibians. A supposedly-extinct-for-a-hundred-million-years coelacanth
(cousin to the rhipidistians) was hauled aboard in 1938. Examination of
this supposed ancestor to tetrapods proved to be disapointing to those
wanting to explore this classic evolutionary link. The "link" established
on skeletal features was destroyed when the soft tissues were examined.
The heart, brain and intestine was not what had been expected for a tetrapod
ancestor. B.J. Stahl in "Vertebrate History:Problems in Evolution" pointed
out that however close the crossopterygian and amphibian skeleton may have
appeared, the overall biology of the two was not close.
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