Sharks' non-bony skeletons were thought to be the template before bony internal skeletons evolved, but a new fossil discovery suggests otherwise. The discovery of a 410-million-year-old fish fossil ...

A 410-million-year-old fossil of an armored fish has completely changed the history of sharks, according to a newly published study. The fish, known as Minjinia turgenensis, had a skeleton made of ...

To compare and classify a "living fossil," the coelacanth, in relation to a moray eel and a bull shark. Review with students the meaning of the phrase "living fossil" (an organism with a basic body ...

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When an Australian scientist uncovered an ancient-looking placoderm skull in the 1960s, he thought he'd cracked the code on an evolutionary mystery. This so-called 'platypus fish,' scientists had ...

Sharks' non-bony skeletons were thought to be the template before bony internal skeletons evolved, but a new fossil discovery suggests otherwise. Sharks' non-bony skeletons were thought to be the ...