@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The last known freshwater coelacanths: New Late Cretaceous mawsoniid remains (Osteichthyes: Actinistia) from Southern France Abstract Coelacanths are iconic fishes represented today by a single marine genus. The group was a little bit more diversified in the Mesozoic, with representatives in marine and continental environments in the Late […]
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WFS News: The last known freshwater coelacanths
June 13th, 2020 
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September 17th, 2015 Riffin The coelacanth, an elusive deep-sea dweller long thought extinct, had another item added Tuesday to an already-long list of unusual physical traits: an obsolete lung lurking in its abdomen.Similar to the human appendix, the organ was likely rendered defunct by evolution, researchers noted in the journal Nature Communications.Like all fish, today’s coelacanths — referred to […]
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