Animals
New Evolutionary Mechanism for Body Elongation Discovered
By examining an especially well-preserved fossil, paleontologists have discovered a new method behind body elongation. The 240-million-year-old specimen from Switzerland further revealed that the fish, known as Saurichthys curionii, was not as flexible as today's eels, or as fast as a tuna.
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