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Bookmark or Share- Evolution of fish facts for kids - Kids encyclopediaFish may have evolved from an animal similar to a coral-like sea squirt (a tunicate), whose larvae resemble early fish in important ways. The first ancestors of fish may have kept the larval form into adulthood (as some sea squirts do today), although this path cannot be proven.
- Fish - Evolution, Paleontology, Adaptation | BritannicaMost important for the evolution of fishes and vertebrates in general was the early appearance of bone, cartilage, and enamel-like substance. These materials became modified in later fishes, enabling them to adapt to many aquatic environments and finally even to land.
- 1 - The Evolution of Fishes through Geological TimeFishes, here defined as ‘non-digitate aquatic vertebrates’, first appear in the Cambrian Period at least 520 million years ago (Ma). They are first represented by fusiform taxa lacking well-developed fins and dermal bone covering.
- Evolution of fish - WikipediaFish may have evolved from an animal similar to a coral-like sea squirt (a tunicate), whose larvae resemble early fish in important ways. The first ancestors of fish may have kept the larval form into adulthood, as some sea squirts do today, although this path cannot be proven.
- The Evolution Of Fish - FossilEra.comEven across the KT extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs and seventy five percent of life on land, the fish species thrived. It is estimated that eighty percent of cartilaginous fish (sharks, rays, and chimera) survived the event and up to ninety five percent of bony fish survived.
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