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'Living Fossil' Fish Species Once Thought Extinct for 70 Million Years Photographed in Rare Sighting
The Indonesian coelacanth, a fish once thought to be extinct for 70 million years, was discovered alive in greater numbers ...
‘Living Fossil’ Fish Once Thought Extinct For 66 Million Years Spotted By Divers Off Indonesia
The coelacanth fish is a literal living fossil with fossil records on this species dating back over 410 million years. But ...
Divers catch rare glimpse of 'dinosaur fish,' once believed to be extinct: See photos
A coelacanth, known by some as the "dinosaur fish," was spotted in eastern Indonesia in a rare sighting of a species once ...
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To Correct Some Fishy Anatomy, Researchers at the National Museum of Natural History Get Inside the Head of a Coelacanth
The new work adds to the legacy of Dave Johnson, a long-time museum curator famed for his detail-oriented research on fishes ...
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'Living Fossil' Fish Species Once Thought Extinct for 70 Million Years Photographed in Rare Sighting
"The coelacanth, often mistakenly called a 'living fossil' or 'dinosaur fish' had been known from fossils dated back to more than 400 million years – way before dinosaurs – and was thought to ...
Scientists Capture First Footage of Ancient Coelacanth in Its Natural Habitat
Researchers in Indonesia have filmed a rare coelacanth nearly 500 feet underwater—marking the first time the fish has been recorded in its native environment.