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#acanthodian #devonian 417 354 million years ago scotland #diplacanthus

A recent discovery of a new species of #acanthodian from China surprised scientists with its antiquity. The find predates by about 15 million years the earliest acanthodian body #fossils and is the oldest undisputed jawed #fish.
#Paleontology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2022/09/09292201.html
Ancient 'Shark' from China Is Humans' Oldest Jawed Ancestor

Palaeontologists discover a 439-million-year-old 'shark' that forces us to rethink the timeline of vertebrate evolution