Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Evolution

Question:

Coelacanths which evolved into the first amphibians about 350 mya are also known as 

Options:

Salamanders

Sauropsids

Synapsids

Lobefins

Correct Answer:

Lobefins

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → Lobefins

In 1938, a fish caught in South Africa happened to be a Coelacanth which was thought to be extinct. These animals called lobefins evolved into the first amphibians that lived on both land and water. There are no specimens of these left with us. However, these were ancestors of modern day frogs and salamanders. The amphibians evolved into reptiles.