Rock slab with the earliest evidence for deep-sea vertebrates. (IMAGE)

Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon

Rock slab with the earliest evidence for deep-sea vertebrates.

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Pictured is a rock slab with the earliest evidence for deep-sea vertebrates. The fossil evidence consists of pits and trails produced by feeding fishes during Early Cretaceous times. The dish-like structures are approximately 4 cm wide.

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Andrea Baucon.

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