We discovered a new fossil species of prehistoric fish

By Richard Cloutier, Professor of Evolutionary Biology, Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)
Alice Clement, Research Associate in the College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University
John Long, Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University

What do the ginkgo (a tree), the nautilus (a mollusc) and the coelacanth (a fish) all have in common?

They don’t look alike, and they aren’t biologically related, but part of their evolutionary history bears a striking resemblance: these organisms are referred to as “living…

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