With over 30,000 species worldwide, the ray fins are currently the largest group of fish. These bony fish were not always as numerous, however. Losses of other fish species, such as cartilaginous fish, helped them to spread successfully. As paleontologists from the University of Zurich together with international researchers reveal, a series of serious extinction […]
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Mass extinction led to many new species of bony fish
October 24th, 2015 
Riffin 
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Tags: bony fish, mass extinction, new species, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society 
No Comments »Saurichthys rieppeli, a new species of bony fish from the Middle Triassic
April 1st, 2015 Riffin Working with an international team, paleontologists at the University of Zurich have discovered two new species of Saurichthys. The ~242 million year old predatory fishes were found in the fossil Lagerstätte Monte San Giorgio, in Ticino. They are distinct from previously known Saurichthys species in the shape of the head and body, suggesting different habitats […]
