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.
Paleontologists in China have discovered a new species of armored jawless fish from rocks about 419 million years old, whose skull was shaped like the wings of a bat, and an unusual head made them effective gliders in the Devonian seas.
Meet Bataspis crax: A Jawless Fish with a Batwing Head from the Devonian Seas
Chinese paleontologists have identified a new species of armored, jawless fish in rocks that are about 419 million years old. Its skull was shaped like a bat’s wings, and its unusual head allowed it to glide efficiently through the Devonian seas. rebuilding the life of The core of Bataspis. Image credit: Yang Dinghua. The core [...] The post Meet Bataspis crax: A Jawless Fish with a Batwing Head from the Devonian Seas appeared first on Mondo New…
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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