List 5-6 modern-day animals and using the internet resources link it to a corresponding ancient fossil. Name both.
The list of few modern day animals and their corresponding ancient fossils is as follows:
Modern day - Ancient fossil
(i) Modern horse - Eohippus, Dawn horse - The first fossil found in the evolution of horse.
(ii) Camel(Camelus) - Protylopus - The first ancestor of modern camel.
(iii) Modern elephant (Elephas) - Moeritherium - The ancestor of modern elephant.
(iv) Man (Homosapiens) - Sahelanthropous - Oldest of man's ancestors.
(v) Vertebrates - Jawless primitive fish like animals collectively known as ostracoderms (e.g., Jamoytius).
(vi) Reptiles - Seymouria-Missing link between amphibians and reptiles.
(vii) Birds - Archaeopteryx-Missing link between reptiles and birds.
(viii) Mammals - Cynognathus-Missing link between reptiles and mammals.
(ix) Frogs, toads and salamanders - Some stem amphibians called Labyrinthodontia (e.g., Eryops) gave rise to modern amphibians such as frog, toads and salamanders.