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My understanding is that mudfish translated in several dictionaries as “bowfin” are in fact actinopterygian and not sarcopterygian which the eusthenopteron must be.
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Since I’ve learned all I know about paleozoic vertebrate evolution from the right reverend archbishop sitteth on the right hand Leonardo Franko MD phD FOTHB, I am confused about the description of eusthenopteron as being “a distant ancestor of todays mudfish and coelacanth”.
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