A 380-million-year old predatory fish from Central Australia is finally named after decades of digging
- Written by: Brian Choo, Postdoctoral fellow in vertebrate palaeontology, Flinders University
Harajicadectes cruises through the ancient rivers of central Australia ~385 million years ago.Brian ChooMore than 380 million years ago, a sleek, air-breathing predatory fish patrolled the rivers of central Australia. Today, the sediments of those rivers are outcrops of red sandstone in the remote outback.
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