Sentences with phrase «lamprey fossil»
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Now, a detailed analysis of more than 1200 fossils that provide views of the creature's remains from many angles confirm its relation to the eellike creatures known as lampreys, the researchers report online today in Nature.
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October 26, 2006 Scientists find lamprey a «living fossil» Scientists from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, and the University of Chicago have uncovered a remarkably well - preserved fossil lamprey from the Devonian period that reveals today's lampreys as «living fossils» since they have remained largely unaltered for 360 million years.
Because lampreys do not have bone or any substantial cartilage, they are extremely rare as fossils.
«This fossil changes how we look at lampreys today,» said Coates, associate professor of organismal biology and anatomy.
Like lampreys, they are considered to be «living fossils» similar to the early relatives of vertebrates that lived hundreds of millions of years ago.