Eusthenopteron: Quick Facts

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Eusthenopteron, model by J.S. Collard (H.R. Allen Studios), made under the scientific direction of S.M. Andrews

Illustration comparing two crossopterygian fishes: the long, slender, brown-and-green Devonian rhipidistian Eusthenopteron foordi above, and the robust, blue African coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae below.

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