Coelacanth - Wikipedia
The name coelacanth originates from the Permian genus Coelacanthus, which was the first scientifically named coelacanth. [5] The oldest known coelacanth fossils date back more than 410 million years.
The ‘living fossil’ that thrived during a mass extinction
2024年9月12日 · Paleontologists recently discovered a new extinct coelacanth species that highlights the role that Earth’s plate tectonics plays in evolution.
Coelacanth | Description, Habitat, Discovery, & Facts | Britannica
2024年9月18日 · Coelacanthus, like other coelacanths, showed a reduction in bone ossification and a general trend toward a marine mode of life away from the earlier freshwater environment. The youngest known fossil coelacanths date to the end of the Cretaceous Period, 145 million to 66 million years ago.
Coelacanth | Smithsonian Ocean
Coelacanths (seel-a-canths) were once known only from fossils and were thought to have gone extinct approximately 65 million years ago (mya), during the great extinction in which the dinosaurs disappeared.
Exceptional new fish fossil sparks a rethink of how Earth's geology ...
2024年9月15日 · Along with our analysis of all fossil coelacanths, we also had a close look at the two living species, Latimeria chalumnae and Latimeria menadoensis.
Fish once labeled a 'living fossil' surprises scientists again
2021年6月18日 · The two extant species, both endangered, are the African coelacanth, found mainly near the Comoro Islands off the continent's east coast, and the Indonesian coelacanth.
Coelacanth: the "Living Fossil" - ThoughtCo
2019年8月11日 · Long though to be extinct, a living Coelacanth was dredged up from the Indian Ocean in 1938. Here are 10 fascinating Coelacanth facts.
Coelacanths - National Geographic
The primitive-looking coelacanth (pronounced SEEL-uh-kanth) was thought to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
A Late Devonian coelacanth reconfigures actinistian phylogeny
2024年9月12日 · The living coelacanth Latimeria (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia) is an iconic, so-called ‘living fossil’ within one of the most apparently morphologically conservative vertebrate groups.
Coelacanths: the fish that 'outdid' the Loch Ness Monster
Coelacanths were thought to have been extinct for 70 million years, until one was unexpectedly found alive in 1938. Discover the story of this strange fish. Meet the remarkable fish that turned up alive in 1938, despite having been presumed extinct for 70 million years.