Neil Shubin
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Neil Shubin is an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science writer. He is the Robert R. Bensley Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Associate Dean of Organismal Biol
Shubin at the University of Chicago
Tiktaalik
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Tiktaalik is a monospecific genus of extinct sarcopterygian from the late Devonian Period, about 375 Mya, having many features similar to those of tetrapods. Tiktaalik is estimated to have had a total
Neil Shubin
…Biology at the University of Chicago along with being the Provost of the Field Museum of Natural History. He is best known for his co-discovery of Tiktaalik roseae with Ted Daeschler and Farish Jenkins. On February 4, 2026, it was announced that Shubin has been elected to be the next president of the National…
Tiktaalik Chicago
Neil Shubin, one of the paleontologists who discovered Tiktaalik, holding a cast of its skull
Skull showing otic notches above the eyes
Pectoral fin of the Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus fosteri), showing an anatomy common to many lobe-finned fish. The metapterygial axis (a line of rectangular axials) runs down the middle of the fin, flanked by radials which branch away from the midline, and finally very thin fin rays (lepidotrichia)