Meet Bataspis crux, Jawless Fish that Cruised Devonian Seas with Batwing Head
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Meet Bataspis crux, Jawless Fish that Cruised Devonian Seas with Batwing Head
Paleontologists in China have identified a new species of armored, jawless fish from rocks around 419 million years old whose skull was shaped like the wing of a bat and whose unusual head made it an efficient glider through Devonian seas. The post Meet Bataspis crux, Jawless Fish that Cruised Devonian Seas with Batwing Head appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Researchers in China have identified a new species of jawless fish, called Bataspis crux, that lived approximately 419 million years ago. The animal, whose fossils were found in Yunnan province, has a skull shaped like a bat's wing, which made it an efficient swimmer in the seas of the Devonian period. Description of the new species Bataspis crux Bataspis crux belongs to the extinct group known as galeaspids, which inhabited the region that toda…
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