Macropoma lewesiensis, an extinct coelacanth fish
Restoration of one of the last coelacanth fishes (Macropoma lewesiensis). It lived in the clear water chalk seas of sourthern England 85 mya, and grew to about 60 cm in length
Picture No
10710908
Media ID
47580390
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4697px x 2551px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Illustration from the Natural History Museum Collection
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