Ray-finned fish, now the most diverse group of backboned animals, were not as hard hit by a mass extinction event 360 million years ago as scientists previously thought. Ray-finned fish, now the most ...
A research team led by Profs. Zhu Min, Lu Jing, and Zhu You'an from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and ...
Today, ray-finned fish, which belong to the bony fish, are by far the most biodiverse fish group in both salt- and freshwater. Their spectacular variety of forms ranges from eels, tuna, flounders and ...
Scientists discovered some of the oldest bony fish fossils in China. The fossils explain the early history of animals with backbones.
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. ‘Lungfish’ would have been a common sight in the Devonian ...
A pair of paleobiologists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego have determined that the world’s most numerous and diverse vertebrates ­– ray-finned fishes – began their ecological ...
A collection of fish teeth and shark scales from the Early Cenozoic period. Elizabeth Sibert with Yale University via Scripps Institution of Oceanography Non-avian dinosaurs weren’t the only victims ...
Around 400 million years ago, the world was warm. Animals were beginning to emerge from the oceans, and plants began to spread across the Earth. The northern Appalachian mountains were raised as the ...
Today, ray-finned fish, which belong to the bony fish, are by far the most biodiverse fish group in both salt- and freshwater. Their spectacular variety of forms ranges from eels, tuna, flounders and ...