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当他观察这些头盖骨碎片时,他仿佛能想像出这些骨头所拼成的是一只肉鳍鱼的形象。它有长鼻子和其他早期四足动物的特征。他意识到,他发现了最早的四足动物。于是,他将它命名为鱼石螈(Ichthyostega)。这个名字是根据它扁平的头骨所取的。
When he looked at the skull fragments, he seemed to imagine that the bones made up the image of a finfish. It features long noses and other early quadrupeds. He realized he found the earliest quadrupeds. So, he named it Ichthyostega. The name is based on its flat skull.