Yes, there was not a shadow of a doubt, scale by scale, bone by bone, fin by fin, it was a true Coelacanth.' Smith named the fish Latimeria chalumnae after Courtenay-Latimer and its place of capture, ...

The family has been considered extinct for 50,000,000 years because that is the most recent date assigned to any Coelacanth fossil found in the rocks. Thus the discovery of a live Coelacanth in ...

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Previously known only from fossils of primitive fishes, this joint allows the coelacanth to open its mouth especially wide in order to swallow fish and other prey. A pair of powerful muscles—the ...

It's not every day that a living fossil shows up in a fisherman's net ... Courtenay-Latimer had rediscovered the coelacanth, which was assumed to have died out at the end of the Cretaceous ...

Devonian armoured fossil fish, Bothriolepis canadensis, from Quebec Macropoma lewesiensis one of the last coelacanth fishes lived in the clear water chalk seas of southern England 85 mya, and grew to ...

Some creatures have remained unchanged for millions of years, surviving drastic climate shifts and evolution. Meet 10 living fossils that still roam the Earth today.

One of the most extraordinary examples? The coelacanth, a fish thought to have vanished 65 million years ago. Imagine the surprise when, in 1938, this so-called “extinct” fish was discovered ...

Living fossils offer a fascinating glimpse into Earth's evolutionary history, showcasing creatures that have survived for millions of years. From the coelacanth to the emperor scorpion ...

Fishermen off South Africa pull up an ungainly five-foot fish identified as a coelacanth, a living fossil thought extinct since the days of the dinosaurs. British ship Challenger II bounces sound ...