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Prehistoric life

Tiktaalik

Tiktaalik
Photo: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

Scientific name
Tiktaalik
Continent
North America
Group
Fish
Period
Devonian
Diet
Carnivore
Length
Small (1–3 m)
Moves
Swims
Feature
Nothing special
Difficulty in WildGuessr
Hard

Did you know?

  • It was found in 2004 on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic after years of searching.
  • Its name is the Inuktitut word for a large freshwater fish, the burbot.

Could you guess it from clues?

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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q131481 · All prehistoric life · All entries