Exceptional fossil preservation and evolution of the ray-finned fish brain. - Carboniferous - United Kingdom

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A 319-million-year-old brain has been discovered. It could be the oldest of its kind

By Amarachi Orie, CNN, February 2, 2023

 

Scientists Discover 319-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Brain

Amada Kooser, CNET, February 1, 2023

 

The paper is:

 

Figueroa, R.T., Goodvin, D., Kolmann, M.A. et al. Exceptional fossil preservation and

evolution of the rayfinned fish brain. Nature (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05666-1

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

[rocket]

when doing a ct-scan to understand the internal structure of the only remain of Coccocephalus wildi the oldest fish-brain was found...

published in NATURE, great article

 

Exceptional fossil preservation and evolution of the ray-finned fish brain | Nature

 

a nice and short summary is:

 

Descubren un cerebro de 319 millones de años que podría ser el más antiguo de su tipo | Huaral.pe

 

(could be easily translated, I tried with the standard-translator to german and english, works)

Edited February 4, 2023 by rocket

[Fossildude19]

English article HERE.

[JohnJ]

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