The study of a new species of coelacanth from the Middle Triassic period, with a strange morphology for these fish known as “living fossil,” show the formation of several species in a short time, after a mass extinction that occurred 252 million years ago, with more than 80% of marine species disappearing.
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Source: Phys.org