New coelacanth find rewrites history of the ancient fish
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 13:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(Edmonton) Coelacanths, an ancient group of fishes once thought to be long extinct, made headlines in 1938 when one of their modern relatives was caught off the coast of South Africa. Now coelacanths are making another splash and University of Alberta researchers are responsible.