Fossil fish fills evolutionary gap

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The head a 380 million year old Devonian fish fossil named Gogonasus protrudes from a rock
The head a 380 million year old Devonian fish fossil named Gogonasus, protrudes from a rock

The discovery of a perfectly preserved fish fossil by Australian researchers has added further weight to the theory that ancient four-legged animals (tetrapods) may have first moved onto the land in Australia, rather than in the Northern Hemisphere as previously assumed.


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