Posts Tagged ‘fossil fish’

WFS News,Simpsonigobius, new species of fossil fish

@WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Gobies or Gobioidei are one of the most species-rich groups of marine and freshwater fish in Europe. Spending most of their lives on the bottom of shallow waterbodies, they make substantial contributions to the functioning of many ecosystems. With the identification of a new genus […]

WFS News: Jurassic fossil fish more than 180 million years old found

@WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev A fierce-looking fossil fish has been discovered in a new Jurassic dig site in Gloucestershire, having been perfectly preserved for almost 200 million years. The fossil shows pronounced big eyes and teeth with its mouth wide open of a fish which lived in a tropical sea […]