New fossil tells twisted tale of how flatfishes ended up with two eyes on one side of head
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - 22:14
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A newly identified fossil and the reinterpretation of previously known fossils, all from Europe and about 50 million years old, fill in a "missing link" in the evolution of flatfishes and explain one of nature's most extraordinary phenomena.