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Integumentation of Ichthyostega and Kin
Topic Started: Mar 29 2009, 10:12 AM (320 Views)
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I've always thought animals like Ichthyostega had slimy, slippery skin like their amphibian descendants (which was thick actually). But would be reasonable to say that Ichthyostega had scales like a fish?

Though I'm not sure if there is evidence for integumentation on basal tetrapods, but they did evolve from scaly creatures.
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Well, I always hear that Ichtyostega was more a fish than a real amphibian, so that probably makes it scaly...
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I've seen it depicted both ways. I always assumed it had heavy scales since early amphibians did, too.
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Pelicosaurs had fish scales, so why not early tetrapods?
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