2. The coelacanth is the earliest known tetrapod, the ancestor of
all four-limbed animals, from dinosaurs to humans.
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The coelacanth does have an arrangement of bones in its four
limb-like fins similar to that in the limbs of modern land
animals. However, rather than being a "missing link" between
sea and land creatures, the coelacanth is the sole survivor of
a line of animals that eventually became extinct.
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