Tag Archive for 'Palaeospondylus'

Palaeospondylus australis, braincase and histological section. Image credit: Burrow et al., doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwae444.

400-Million-Year-Old Fossils of Enigmatic Jawed Vertebrate Unearthed in Australia

Dec 11, 2024 by Natali Anderson

Palaeospondylus gunni, a small creature with an eel-like body that lived during the Middle Devonian epoch around 390 million years ago, is represented...

Life restoration of Palaeospondylus gunni. Scale bar - 1 mm. Image credit: Hirasawa et al., doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04781-3.

Palaeospondylus Was Bizarre Lobe-Finned Fish, Paleontologists Say

May 26, 2022 by News Staff

Palaeospondylus gunni, a small creature with an eel-like body that lived 390 million years ago, is one of the most enigmatic fossil vertebrates, and its...