By analyzing fossil records, researchers identified the earliest known synovial joint in an ancient jawed fish called Bothriolepis. “The origin of mobile joints in our fish ancestors enabled ...

Furthermore, the researchers employed CT-scans to identify a similar cavitated joint in the fossil fish Bothriolepis, the most ancient known synovial joint. Altogether, these results show that ...

A new paleofish species fossil, Bothriolepis zhujiangyuanensis, has been discovered in Qujing, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced on Thursday. This is the ...