Saturday, April 20, 2013

A living "fossil"

A coelacanth.

This fish is called a Coelacanth, and it was thought to be extinct.  They are found off the coast of South and East Africa, and they were thought to have become extinct over 65 million years ago.  They have been found in fossils that date back some 300 million years. This is one of my favorite living fossils.

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