A groundbreaking discovery in Western Australia has unveiled a new species of coelacanth, Ngamugawi wirngarri.
Found in the famed Gogo Formation, the 380-million-year-old fossil sheds fresh light on the evolution of these fascinating fish.
Long thought to be “living fossils” due to their ancient lineage and seemingly unchanged form, this study reveals a more dynamic story.
Coelacanths, while evolving rapidly in the Devonian period …