Artist's Reconstruction of Life Cycle of Extinct Lamprey Pnscomyzon (IMAGE)

Canadian Museum of Nature

Artist's Reconstruction of Life Cycle of Extinct Lamprey Pnscomyzon

Caption

Artist's reconstruction showing the life stages of the fossil lamprey Priscomyzon riniensis. It lived around 360 million years ago in a coastal lagoon in what is now South Africa. Clockwise from right: A tiny, yolk-sac carrying hatchling with its large eyes; a juvenile; and an adult showing its toothed sucker.

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Kristen Tietjen

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