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.
Washington became a state on 11 November 1889. It had previously been the Washington Territory, split from the Oregon Territory in 1848.orth Dakota and South Dakota were admitted to the union on November 2, 1889 as the 39th and 40th states. Montana was admitted to the union on November 8, 1889 as the 41st. st â¦ ate. Washington was admitted to the union on November 11, 1889 as the 42nd state.