The earliest known well-preserved bony fish found in China
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 13:07
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A discovery of an exceptionally preserved primitive fish from the Ludlow of Yunnan, China is featured in the most recent issue (26 March 2009) of Nature. The fossil represents the oldest near-complete gnathostome (jawed vertebrate) and has been described by Min Zhu and colleagues of the Key Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates, Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences...