Coelacanth, life size model T-Rex razor-sharp bones

razor-sharp bones

The original specimen has been valued at $21

Found in 1877 in German's Solnhofen Limestone

Stratigraphically the Cape Race material is from the Mistaken Point Formation dated at 565 Ma +or- 3 Ma

Like many other ammonites

Coelacanth, life size model T-Rex razor-sharp bonesThe coelacanth, which is related to lungfishes and tetrapods, was believed to have been extinct since the end of the Cretaceous period. More closely related to tetrapods than to the ray finned fish, coelacanths were considered transitional species between fish and tetrapods. On 23 December 1938, the first Latimeria specimen was found off the east coast of South Africa, off the Chalumna River (now Tyolomnqa). Museum curator Marjorie Courtenay Latimer