In a new study published in Nature Communications, scientists led by Flinders University and experts from Canada, Australia, and Europe discovered an exceptionally well-preserved ancient primitive Devonian coelacanth fish in remote Western Australia. This fossil discovery suggests that plate tectonics also significantly influenced animal origin and extinction.
The fossil has been named Ngamugawi Whangarei. Its discovery fills a significant gap in the transition period in coelacanth history between the most primitive forms and other more ‘anatomically modern’ forms.
