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Description: | Palaeoniscum was a small herring-like fish that probably swam in shoals (groups of fish). 250 million years ago, when this fish was alive, the sea was much warmer than it is now, because Sunderland (near where this fossil came from), was much closer to the equator than it is today. This is because continental drift (the movement of the plates that cover the surface of the earth), causes the shape and postion of the continents to slowly change.
Stratigraphy: Permian (Late) & Zechstein (Durham Province) & EZ1 / 248 - 256 my | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.palaeobiology.73568 | Go to resource |
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