Sunday 18 January 2015

Jaw mechanics of a shell-crushing Jurassic fish revealed

FLORA AND FAUNA
Jaw mechanics of a shell-crushing Jurassic fish revealed
Bristol, UK (SPX) Jan 15, 2015 - The feeding habits of an unusual 200-million-year-old fish have been uncovered by a University of Bristol undergraduate in a groundbreaking study which has been published in Palaeontology, a leading scientific journal, this week - a rare achievement for an undergraduate student. The Jurassic fish, Dapedium, known from the Lower Lias rocks of the Dorset coast around Lyme Regis, was one of m ... more


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