Paleontologists in Australia discovered a remarkably preserved fish species, revealing its last meal and offering new ...
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Fish From 15 Million Years Ago Fossilized With Last Meal Still in Its StomachExplore the fascinating discovery of the fish fossil Ferruaspis brocksi, revealing its diet and unique features from 15 ...
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Paleontologists Stumble Across 15-Million-Year-Old Fish Fossils That Are So Well Preserved, Their Last Meals Are IntactDiscovered in Australia, the fossils represent a new species that lived during the Miocene epoch and highlight how iron-rich ...
brocksi were found wouldn’t have supported an environment for the bivalve to reach sexual maturity ... He added that it’s likely the parasites infected the fish in a nearby river, suggesting ...
The serendipitous discovery of an exquisitely preserved fossil near Gulgong in NSW provides a glimpse into the evolution of ...
They were so well-preserved that the researchers could see the animals had eaten phantom midge larvae, insects and bivalves before they died; one also had a parasite stuck to its tail, a juvenile ...
Parasite? Something in the water ... like those boxed turkey sandwiches. (Sadly for bivalve lovers, oysters are very good at concentrating the virus in their tissue; Dr. Moe can’t bring herself ...
The tail of one specimen bearing a parasitic bivalve larva. (McCurry et al ... "One of the fossils even shows a parasite attached to the tail of the fish," McCurry says. "It's a juvenile freshwater ...
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