University of Michigan: 310-million-year-old Fossil Takes a Bite Out of Fish Evolution
September 19, 2025
September 19, 2025
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 19 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan posted the following news:
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310-million-year-old fossil takes a bite out of fish evolution
A University of Michigan researcher helped identify the earliest known example of a toothy, tongue-like apparatus for biting in an ancient fish, marking the moment 310 million years ago that fish first took advantage of their gill bones to innovate the way they feed.
The fish, calle . . .
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310-million-year-old fossil takes a bite out of fish evolution
A University of Michigan researcher helped identify the earliest known example of a toothy, tongue-like apparatus for biting in an ancient fish, marking the moment 310 million years ago that fish first took advantage of their gill bones to innovate the way they feed.
The fish, calle . . .