SUV-sized fish were earliest filter-feeders

Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 19:42 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Whales include the world's largest animals, but newly identified fossils reveal they were preceded by SUV-sized filter-feeding fishes that emerged during the Jurassic Period, 170 million years ago. Jurassic - Earth Science - Paleontology - Fish - Fossil

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