Question

Tiktaalik was a prehistoric fish that was an ancestor to modern tetrapods. It shared anatomical features with tetrapods (e.g., four limbs) and fish (e.g., gills, scales). With these features, Tiktaalik could be best described as a(n)(1 point)
Responses

fossil.
fossil.

transitional form.
transitional form.

amphibian.
amphibian.

reptile.

Answer 1

transitional form.

Tiktaalik is best described as a transitional form because it shows intermediate anatomical features between fish and early tetrapods (e.g., fins with limb-like bones, along with gills and scales).