An entirely new species of ancient fish has been identified from a fossil found at Nova Scotia's Blue Beach. Heid Petracek ...

In particular, the fossilized fish provide a unique insight into the origin and early diversification of the modern bony fish. The mo-clay deposits contain incredibly well-preserved fossils of various ...

The fossil, which researchers found embedded in a hardened limestone nodule poking out of the clay, was exceptionally well preserved and contained soft tissues, including scales and an eye.

Ancient fish fossils highlight the strangeness of our vertebrate ancestors. Nearly 440-million-year-old finds from China are of some of the first vertebrates with jaws.

Millions of prehistoric marine fossils were discovered beneath a California high school over the course of a multi-year construction project. The relics recovered at San Pedro High School included … ...

Cooper is enthusiastic about studying fossil fish. “Fish fossils,” he wrote, “are among the most common and often best preserved of all vertebrates in the fossil record, particularly due to ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. One of the 15 million-year-old freshwater fish fossils. The stomach contents of the fish show ...

A ferocious-looking fossil fish has been unearthed from a remarkable new Jurassic dig site just outside Stroud, in Gloucestershire. The creature - a tuna-like predator called Pachycormus - is ...

240-million-year-old ‘Chinese dragon’ fossil reveals 32 separate neck vertebrae 240-million-year-old ‘Chinese dragon’ fossil reveals 32 separate neck vertebrae By Laura Baisas ...

Just a few years after uncovering a trove of exceptionally preserved fossils, paleontologists have now described a brand new fish species that lived and died during the Miocene, 15 million years ago.

A ferocious-looking fossil fish has been unearthed from a remarkable new Jurassic dig site just outside Stroud, in Gloucestershire. The creature - a tuna-like predator called Pachycormus - is ...