The specific name " roseae " cryptically honours an anonymous donor.
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He is best known for his discovery of " Tiktaalik roseae ".
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He is credited as having helped explain the fish-to-tetrapod evolutionary transition as he helped discover the 375 million year old " Tiktaalik roseae ".
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Innovations conventionally associated with terrestrially first appeared in aquatic elpistostegalians such as " Panderichthys rhombolepis ", " Elpistostege watsoni ", and " Tiktaalik roseae ".
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The designated holotype for the genus and type species, " Mapusaurus roseae ", is an isolated right nasal ( MCF-PVPH-108.1, Museo Carmen Funes, Paleontolog�a de Vertebrados, Plaza Huincul, Neuqu�n ).
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Taking a detailed look at the internal head skeleton of " Tiktaalik roseae ", in the October 16, 2008, issue of " Nature ", researchers show how " Tiktaalik " was gaining structures that could allow it to support itself on solid ground and breathe air, a key intermediate step in the transformation of the skull that accompanied the shift to life on land by our distant ancestors.