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   Puijila darwini was a semi-aquatic carnivore which represents a morphological link in early pinniped evolution. Its fossil shows enlarged, probably webbed [3] feet, robust forelimbs and an unspecialized tail. This suggests that Puijila swam quadrupedally using its webbed fore and hind feet for propulsion.

2. www.sciencedaily.com › releases › 2009Fossil Evidence Of Missing Link In The Origin Of Seals, Sea ...

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   Apr 23, 2009 · Researchers from the United States and Canada have found a fossil skeleton of a newly discovered carnivorous animal, Puijila darwini . New research suggests Puijila is a "missing link" in the ...

3. www.earthmagazine.org › article › seal-missing-linkSeal missing link found in the Arctic - EARTH Magazine

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   Jan 5, 2012 · Puijila darwini's skeleton. The fossil was discovered in Canada's High Arctic in 2007. Canadian Museum of Nature. A newly discovered web-footed mammal may be a “missing link” between land-based and marine pinnipeds, a group that includes seals, walruses and sea lions. The find, occurring on the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s "On ...

4. www.eurekalert.org › news-releases › 833285Fossil evidence of missing link in the origin | EurekAlert!

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   Researchers from the United States and Canada have found a fossil skeleton of a newly discovered carnivorous animal, Puijila darwini. New research suggests Puijila is a "missing link" in the ...

5. www.livescience.com › 7715-walking-seal-calledWalking Seal Called Missing Link in Evolution - Live Science

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   Apr 22, 2009 · The newfound species, dubbed Puijila darwini, might be the long-sought missing link in the evolution of pinnipeds — a group that includes modern seals, sea lions and walruses — explaining how ...

6. www.discovermagazine.com › planet-earth › otter-likeOtter-Like Fossil Is a Missing Link in Seal Evolution

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   Apr 23, 2009 · creature Puijila darwini ("pew-YEE-lah dar-WIN-eye"). That combines an Inuit word for "young sea mammal," often a seal, with an homage to Charles Darwin. The famed naturalist had written that a land animal "by occasionally hunting for food in shallow water, then in streams or lakes, might at last be converted into an animal so thoroughly aquatic as to brave the open ocean" [ AP ].

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   Is Puijila darwini The Missing Link in the evolution of pinnipeds?

   • The newfound species, dubbed Puijila darwini, might be the long-sought missing link in the evolution of pinnipeds — a group that includes modern seals, sea lions and walruses — explaining how the animal group moved from land-dwellers with legs to the semi-aquatic, flippered swimmers around today.

   Walking Seal Called Missing Link in Evolution | Live Science

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   Is Puijila a missing link?

   • New research suggests Puijila is a "missing link" in the evolution of the group that today includes seals, sea lions, and the walrus. The analysis of the skeleton and support for the hypotheses that pinniped origins can be found in the Arctic will be described in the April 23 issue of the journal Nature.

   Fossil evidence of missing link in the origin | EurekAlert!

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   Did Puijila darwini swam quadrupedally?

   • Puijila darwini was a semi-aquatic carnivore which represents a morphological link in early pinniped evolution. Its fossil remains demonstrate the presence of enlarged, probably webbed [ 3] feet, robust forelimbs and an unspecialized tail. This suggests that Puijila swam quadrupedally using its webbed fore and hind feet for propulsion.

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   Is Puijila darwini a holotype?

   • The holotype and only known specimen is a nearly complete fossilised skeleton. It is being housed at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Ontario . Puijila darwini was a semi-aquatic carnivore which represents a morphological link in early pinniped evolution.

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   How old is Puijila darwini?

   • Life reconstruction of Puijila darwini swimming in crater lake. (Image credit: Mark A. Klingler/Carnegie Museum of Natural History) A fossil of a primitive "walking seal" with four legs and webbed feet has been found in the Canadian Arctic and dated to be at least 20 million years old.

   Walking Seal Called Missing Link in Evolution | Live Science

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   How did Puijila darwini get its name?

   • She named it Puijila darwini after an Inuit word referring to a young seal, and some obscure biologist. The skeleton has been beautifully preserved, with over 65% of the animal intact, including its limbs and most of its skull.

   Puijila, the walking seal – a beautiful transitional fossil

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8. phys.org › news › 2009-04-fossil-evidence-link-seaFossil evidence of missing link in the origin of seals, sea ...

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   Apr 22, 2009 · New research suggests Puijila is a "missing link" in the evolution of the group that today includes seals, sea lions, and the walrus. ... Puijila darwini. New research suggests Puijila is a ...