The missing notebooks that solved a 55-million-year-old fossil mystery
Paleontologists have successfully identified a 55-million-year-old fossil fish as a tarpon using recovered field notebooks from a late researcher. The discovery provides new insights into the prehistoric marine biodiversity of New Zealand.
Why it matters
This highlights the importance of archival research and field documentation in solving long-standing scientific mysteries.
Field notebooks recently recovered from a late paleontologist have provided the crucial missing details researchers needed to complete a study of a remarkable fossil fish discovered nearly three decades ago.
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