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Livoniana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Sarcopterygii

Species
  
L. multidentata

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Elpistostegalia

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Family
  
Panderichthyidae

Scientific name
  
Livoniana multidentata

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Elpistostege, Metaxygnathus, Obruchevichthys, Elginerpeton, Ventastega

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Livoniana is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Devonian period (Givetian - Frasnian stages, about 374 - 391 million years ago).

This species is a transitional form between fish and the earliest tetrapods, like Tiktaalik, Ichthyostega and Acanthostega. Before Livoniana there was Elginerpeton and Obruchevichthys.

Four legs developed in water, not on land, to better escape waterliving predatory creatures like Hyneria. There were very lush forests, and particularly swamps, where four limbs became very useful to avoid predators.

References

Livoniana Wikipedia