Ancient Australian air-breathing fish from 380m years ago springs back to life

The rivers of Australia, which once flowed across its now dry interior, used to host a range of bizarre animals — including a sleek predatory lobe-finned fish with large fangs and bony scales. The newly described fossil fish discovered in remote fossil fields west of Alice Springs has been named Harajicadectes zhumini by palaeontologists.

​The rivers of Australia, which once flowed across its now dry interior, used to host a range of bizarre animals — including a sleek predatory lobe-finned fish with large fangs and bony scales. The newly described fossil fish discovered in remote fossil fields west of Alice Springs has been named Harajicadectes zhumini by palaeontologists. The rivers of Australia, which once flowed across its now dry interior, used to host a range of bizarre animals — including a sleek predatory lobe-finned fish with large fangs and bony scales. The newly described fossil fish discovered in remote fossil fields west of Alice Springs has been named Harajicadectes zhumini by palaeontologists. 

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