Tuesday, September 22, 2015

In Africa, we found the ancient “land” fish – Russian newspaper

In South Africa, found fossils of ancient coelacanth fish living in waters of the Earth more than 360 million years ago. As suggested by paleontologists, relatives and descendants of the creatures could turn into the first land animals.

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The new species was named Serenichthys kowiensis. Scientists have noted that most of the prints found the body of the fish were left fry or young individuals. “This means that Serenichthys spawned in the shallow waters at the mouth of the river, covered with algae, as do many modern fish” – RIA Novosti quoted the words of Robert Hess of the University of Chicago.

coelacanth had powerful fins and unique ” shoulders “and” basin “, allowing them to fish out periodically crawl on land and in neighboring waters. This also contributed to the presence of primitive lungs, due to which the body of fish is saturated with oxygen during these “walks”.

The first on the remains of ancient creatures stumbled builders, paving the way off the coast of seasonal river Sandspruit flowing in the vicinity of the farm Waterloo in the east South Africa. In the future, the team of paleontologists managed to find a few dozen well-preserved fossils of the ancient fish lopasteperyh.

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