Discovered in Australia, the fossils represent a new species that lived during the Miocene epoch and highlight how iron-rich ...
Scientists discovered a 15-million-year-old fish fossil, Ferruaspis brocksi. It has preserved stomach contents and visible ...
The study team excavated multiple fossils containing F. brocksi, each entombed in goethite, an iron-rich mineral that maintained the fish in extraordinary detail. This rare fossilization process ...
Discovered in the McGraths Flat fossil site in New South Wales, Australia, the new fossil is a freshwater smelt belonging to the order Osmerifiromes, the first of its kind to be found in Australia.
“The discovery of the 15 million-year-old freshwater fish fossil offers us an unprecedented opportunity to understand ...
The study team excavated multiple fossils containing F. brocksi, each entombed in goethite, an iron-rich mineral that maintained the fish in extraordinary detail. This rare fossilization process ...
Scientists in Australia have found 15-million-year-old fossil fish so well preserved that the researchers were able to tell what the animals ate before dying. As reported by the Australian ...