Flatfish fossils fill in evolutionary missing link

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Skull of heteronectes chaneti showing incomplete orbital migration intermediate between generalized fishes and living flatfishes. Credit: Matt Friedman University of Chicago
Skull of heteronectes chaneti, showing incomplete orbital migration intermediate between generalized fishes and living flatfishes. Credit: Matt Friedman, University of Chicago
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Hidden away in museums for more that 100 years, some recently rediscovered flatfish fossils have filled a puzzling gap in the story of evolution and answered a question that initially stumped even Charles Darwin.


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