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rare
Acanthostega
Acanthostega gunnari
Era: DevonianDiet: CarnivorousPeriod: Late Devonian
Acanthostega, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha), meaning "spine", and στέγη (stégē), meaning "roof", is an extinct genus of stem-tetrapod, among the first vertebrate animals to have recognizable limbs