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Exceptional new fish fossil sparks rethink of how Earth’s geology drives evolution

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par Alice Clement, Research Associate in the College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University
John Long, Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University

Coelacanths are deep-sea fish that live off the coasts of southern Africa and Indonesia and can reach up to two metres in length. For a long time, scientists believed they were extinct.

In new research published in Nature Communications, we reveal the best-preserved coelacanth fossil ever found from the ancient period hundreds of millions of years ago when these ancient sea-dwellers first evolved. The fossil comes from the Gogo Formation on Gooniyandi Country in northern Western Australia.

We…

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