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D scans of ancient lungfish jaws reveal how early fish evolved to eat differently - offering fresh insight into vertebrate evolution.
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On the sidewalks of Inverness, remnants of ancient fish from the Devonian period have been spotted by a keen eye. Their discovery casts new light on the geological history of this Scottish region.
This fish, measuring up to 9 feet (2.7 meters) long, is the largest bony fish on record from the Late Devonian (383 million to 359 million years ago) and was predatory, prompting researchers to ...
They found the ancient fish to be approximately 2.7 meters long, making it the largest known bony fish from the Devonian, and estimate the fish lived approximately 350 million years ago.
The study revealed the fossil is from the tristichopterid family—an extinct group of huge, lobe-finned fish that lived during the Devonian period, 419 million years ago.
Few of these ancient oddities were weirder than the aptly named Alienacanthus. Discovered in Poland in 1957, this Devonian Period fish was initially known for a set of large, bony spines.
Researchers have discovered a new species of ancient fish with hooked front fangs that made them a fearsome and effective ...