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Description: | Specimen of a fossil fish, Ceratodus gulitielni, collected from unspecified rocks at Hoben Beck, Wurtenburg, Germany. Collected by Thomas Atthey.
Ceratodus was a lungfish (most fish do not have lungs, and use their gills to breathe), that lived during the Mesozoic era. It was thought to be extinct, but related fish that have lungs that are so well developed that they can leave the water and breathe air have recently been discovered in Australian rivers.
The specimen was found in Germany.
It is from the Triassic period (248 - 206 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Classification: Chordata Atthey Pisces Thomas | Temporal: | Triassic period (248 - 206 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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