This fossil though challenges this assertion, as it showcases that there was a primitive ancestor of jawed vertebrates that had both shark-like and bony-fish-like properties. "The results from our ...

Mr Ryan’s day job involves describing the fossil-related exploits of Victorian geologist Hugh Miller to museum visitors. Mr Ryan was delighted to spot the scattered remains of ancient bony fish ...

Also known as the rock sturgeon, the lake sturgeon is one of 27 species of sturgeon, a family of bony fish that found around the world that first appears in the fossil record more than 200 million ...

But, when the fish were alive during the Miocene epoch, the region was a lush, temperate rainforest. Paleontologists stumbled upon several intact F. brocksi fossils while exploring a research site ...

He left PEOPLE in 2023. It's official. Scientists have confirmed the discovery of the largest recorded bony fish in history. When a giant sunfish (Mola alexandrini) surfaced last December near ...

The researchers also studied fossils of extinct fishes dating back almost 400 million years and saw evidence that some of the oldest jawed fishes had bones with joint cavities for articulated ...

“Ferruaspis brocksi is the first fossil freshwater Australian Smelt to be found in Australia,” said study lead author Matthew R. McCurry from the Australian Museum and UNSW Sydney in a press release.

Only a handful of them have been preserved as fossils. Fossils are ancient organisms ... also called an armoured fish. It existed 400 million years ago. It was uncovered in 1980 on the north ...

a fleshy dorsal fin without bony rays that is common in fish like salmon, according to the study. While the teeth and bones of the fossil were relatively “poorly preserved,” outlines of ...