Dusting for prints from a fossil fish to understand evolutionary change
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 10:20
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In 370 million-year-old red sandstone deposits in a highway roadcut, scientists have discovered a new species of armored fish in north central Pennsylvania. Studying and describing this fish's anatomy, they took advantage of a technique that may look like it was stolen from crime scene investigators.