Fossil fish with platypus-like snout shows that coral reefs have long been evolution hotspots
- Written by Benedict King, PhD candidate in vertebrate palaeontology, Flinders University
A life reconstruction of _Brindabellaspis stensioi_, an unusual placoderm fish from the 400-million-year old Burrinjuck reef in New South Wales, Australia. Jason Art, Shenzhen, Author provided
Coral reefs are well known today for their incredibly diverse and abundant marine life, including fish species ranging from delicate butterflyfish to huge hu...