Voice of America: New 100-Million-Year-Old Fish Discovered in Texas

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New 100-Million-Year-Old Fish Discovered in Texas Oct 25th 2012, 18:26 A paleontologist in Texas has identified a new species of coelacanth, an ancient fish most closely related to land-dwelling vertebrates, including humans. John Graf of Southern Methodist University says the pieces of the tiny fossil skull found recently near Fort Worth are 100 million years old, and represent a new family of this remarkably enduring fish.  Coelacanths have been around for 400 million years — one of the longest lineages in the animal kingdom — and their fossils have been ... Media files: 4AB14138-2CD6-428C-930A-7DA9482D0D8F_cx0_cy1_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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