@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama
The Origin of Vertebrates
nFish believed to be the first vertebrate
nOrigin appears sudden and dramatic
nAll three subdivisions of the bony fishes appear in the fossil record at about the same time
nErrol White,
an evolutionist and expert on fishes, stated:
n“But whatever ideas authorities may have on the subject, the lungfishes, like very other major group of fishes that I know, have their origins firmly based in nothing.”
E. White, Proceedings of
the Linnean Society of London. 1996.