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Prehistoric Fish Species Had Nostrils, Possibly First Air-Breathers on Earth, Scientists Announce
Paleontologists have uncovered a new species of prehistoric fish with ... “We found this new form of lobe-finned fish in one of the most remote fossil sites in all of Australia," John Long ...
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Anatomy of the Coelacanth
Its teeth are designed not so much to grab or slice fish but to prevent ... along with six living species of lungfishes, belong to a group known as the lobe-finned fishes. Projecting from the ...
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A Biologist Spotlights 4 ‘Invincible’ Animals That Survived The 5 Mass Extinctions
Coelacanths are part of an ancient lineage of lobe-finned fish that date back more than ... helped them thrive in specific niches where other species would have struggled. Sand tiger sharks ...
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International team sequence the world's largest animal genome: Data help explain tetrapod evolution
Yet one mystery remains: Why were the fish of this lobe-finned lineage so well prepared ... 90 billion bases), the DNA of the South American species is the largest of all animal genomes and ...