Tiktaalik is a transitional fossil; it is to tetrapods what Archaeopteryx is to birds, troodonts and dromaeosaurids. 1  While it may be that neither is ancestor to any living animal, they serve as evidence that intermediates between very different types of vertebrates did once exist.
Minnesota became a part of the United States as the Minnesota Territory in 1849, and became the 32nd U.S. state on May 11, 1858.
News, Events, Technology. 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859. California became The 31st state of the United States of America, Following the defeat of Mexico in the Mexican-American War and settlers rebelling against Mexican rule during the Bear Flag Revolt (1846).innesota became The 32nd state of the United States of America, The northernmost of the contiguous states, it became the 32nd state on May 11th, 1858. The largest of the Midwestern states, its capital is Saint Paul, which is twinned with Minneapolis.