Ancient Fish Discovered Alive

21062021 The coelacanth a wondrous fish that was thought to have gone extinct along with the dinosaurs 66 million years ago before unexpectedly being found alive and well in. 14052010 Gars are among the oldest fish alive today.

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These african fish are often called dinosaur eels due to their reptilian appearance and serrated dorsal.

Ancient fish discovered alive. But in the latest discovery a group of them was found alive in their habitat in the Madagascar area. Their origins can be traced back to the Cretaceous period. The remarkable find first outlined by Mongabay News.

19052021 Extinct Fish Species That Existed Over 420 Million Years Ago Found Alive in the Indian Ocean The coelacanth species dates back 420 million years and was thought to have gone extinct with dinosaurs. Fossilized remains helped experts date the supposedly extinct fish species back 66 million years to the Late Cretaceous period. 22052021 Ancient fish species named coelacanth it dates back to 420 million years and was thought to be extinct long ago.

14052021 The four-legged fossil fish. 19052021 The discovery was made in the southwestern part of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. It was a shark-hunting fishing team that found him accidentally in the depths of the West Indian Ocean Madagascar.

11062014 A new piece of the puzzle came to light in 2012 when tiny fish scales 1-2mm that resemble those of modern sharks were discovered in the same geological layers where Arandaspis was found. 23042019 Scientists have long known that coelacanths once swam the seas. 15052021 Coelacanths an extinct fossil that dates back to roughly 420 million years ago was unexpectedly found in the tropical island-country of Madagascar in East Africa.

Known as the coelacanth has been found alive and well in the West Indian Ocean off the coast of Madagascar according to a. But on a dewy morning in December 1938 a South African museum curator shockingly rediscovered them alive. From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Dunkleosteus is an extinct genus of large armored jawed fishes that existed during the Late Devonian period about 358382 million years ago.

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