coelacanth fossil | Coelacanth

Keyword	CPC	PCC	Volume	Score	Length of keyword
coelacanth fossil	0.83	0.8	3377	36	17
coelacanth	0.25	0.8	5680	100	10
fossil	0.49	0.2	4388	17	6

Keyword	CPC	PCC	Volume	Score
coelacanth fossil	0.19	0.6	3667	3
coelacanth fossil images	0.16	0.2	7105	5
coelacanth fossil for sale	1.32	0.6	2407	15
coelacanth fossils and archeology	1.03	0.3	4281	51
why is the coelacanth called a living fossil	0.46	0.7	7721	50
living fossil fish coelacanth	0.66	0.4	6629	7
coelacanth living fossil	1.64	0.8	9969	1
when was the first coelacanth fossil found	1.88	1	9951	11
coelacanth fish fossil	0.3	0.6	7626	75
oldest coelacanth fossil	0.24	1	160	58

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Coelacanth - Wikipedia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelacanth

WebAccording to the fossil record, the divergence of coelacanths, lungfish, and tetrapods is thought to have occurred during the Silurian. Over 100 fossil species of coelacanth have been described. The oldest identified coelacanth fossils are around 420–410 million years old, dating to the early Devonian.

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Coelacanth | Smithsonian Ocean
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https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/fish/coelacanth

WebCoelacanths (seel-a-canths) were once known only from fossils and were thought to have gone extinct approximately 65 million years ago (mya), during the great extinction in which the dinosaurs disappeared. The most recent fossil record dates from about 80 mya but the earliest records date back as far as approximately 360 mya.

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Coelacanths | National Geographic
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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/facts/coelacanths

WebUnique Characteristics. The most striking feature of this "living fossil" is its paired lobe fins that extend away from its body like legs and move in an alternating pattern, like a trotting...

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Coelacanth | Description, Habitat, Discovery, & Facts
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https://www.britannica.com/animal/coelacanth

WebFeb 19, 2024 · Coelacanthus, like other coelacanths, showed a reduction in bone ossification and a general trend toward a marine mode of life away from the earlier freshwater environment. The youngest known fossil coelacanths date to the end of the Cretaceous Period, 145 million to 66 million years ago.

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Coelacanth: the "Living Fossil" - ThoughtCo
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https://www.thoughtco.com/coelacanths-worlds-only-living-extinct-fish-1093326

WebAug 11, 2019 · A Living Coelacanth Was Discovered in 1938. The overwhelming majority of animals that go extinct manage to *stay* extinct. That's why scientists were so shocked when, in 1938, a sailing vessel dredged up a live Coelacanth from the Indian Ocean, near the coast of South Africa.

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Coelacanths: the fish that 'outdid' the Loch Ness Monster
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https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/coelacanths-the-fish-that-outdid-the-loch-ness-monster.html

WebMany more fossil coelacanths have been found since, ranging in age from 409-66 million years old. The living West Indian Ocean coelacanth reaches up to two metres long and 100 kilograms. It's typically found 90-300 metres below the surface, in waters 18°C and below.

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Giant Mesozoic coelacanths (Osteichthyes, Actinistia) reveal
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-90962-5

WebJun 3, 2021 · Here, we describe and reassess fossils of giant coelacanths. Two genera reached up to 5 m long, placing them among the ten largest bony fish that ever lived. The disparity in body size adjusted...

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How the Smithsonian’s Coelacanth Lost Its Brain and Got It Back …
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-smithsonians-coelacanth-lost-its-brain-and-got-it-back-again-180968450/

WebMar 13, 2018 · The living coelacanth is just like its 300-million-year-old fossil relatives with lobed-fins and a distinctive elongate middle portion of the caudal or tail fin. In life, coelacanths are a...

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Ancient Swimmers - National Geographic
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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/coelacanths-fossil-fish

WebMAGAZINE. Ancient Swimmers. The coelacanth was thought to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs. Rediscovered in 1938, it is chronicled here in a rare photographic account. By Carolyn Butler....

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Coelacanth | AMNH - American Museum of Natural History
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https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/vertebrate-origins/coelacanth

WebCoelacanths were thought to have disappeared from the fossil record about 70 million years ago, but in 1938 a fisherman caught a living coelacanth off the coast of South Africa. About 200 more specimens have been found in the western Indian Ocean since then.

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