The biology of Latimeria chalumnae and evolution of coelacanths
The biology of Latimeria chalumnae and evolution of coelacanths (Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes) by J.A. Musick
English | July 31, 1991 | ISBN: 0792312899 | 446 Pages | PDF | 15 MB
English | July 31, 1991 | ISBN: 0792312899 | 446 Pages | PDF | 15 MB
Nearly one hundred and fifty years ago Agassiz, Thiolliere and Huxley distinguished the first fossil coelacanths, and later many more were recognized in rocks between 380 and 66 million years old. Exactly 100 years ago Woodward published the first review on these fishes. Fossils younger than 66 million years were never found, as if all coelacanths had become at that time, very much like the dinosaurs. The bony structures in these fossil crossopterygians, especially their limbs, placed them close to the ancestor of the first amphibians and all other land vertebrates.
The biology of Latimeria chalumnae and evolution of coelacanths
