This pin depicts Tiktaalik little fish that dared to dream! Tiktaalik lived some 375 Million years ago, when the lands were carpeted in the first forests, and aswarm with arthropods, but where no vertebrate yet walked. Into this vacuum, Tiktaalik, or some near-relation walked, and then proceeded to diversify into the reptiles, birds, mammals, and other land vertebrates, a group known collectively as the “Tetrapods”.

The discovery of Tiktaalik, in 2004, was the product of a multi-year effort to find animals in the process of transitioning to life on land. Such transitional animals, known as “fishapods”, possess a mixture of fish and tetrapod traits.

Great for paleontologists, evolutionary biologists, and intrepid pioneers everywhere!

Cast in pewter
Dimensions: 5.2 cm long x 2.4 cm wide x 1.1 cm high (not including pin-back)
Weight: 19.0 Grams