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Coelacanth was caught in South Africa. State the significance of discovery of Caelacanth in the evolutionary history of vertebrates.

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In 1938, a Coelacanth caught in South Africa. These fish called lobefins evolved into the first amphibians that lived on both land and water. Coelacanth were ancestors of modern day frogs and salamanders.
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