7 Eylül 2011 Çarşamba

'Living fossil' found! (Video)

In the Pacific Ocean is an underwater cave discovered a new type of eel because of the primitive characteristics of 'living fossil' name takıldı.Yeni discovered that eel is so much different, other snake species, fish scientists to define the relationship was forced to find a new generic name . United States, Palau, and a team of scientists from Japan, the species, ranging from 200 million years, believes that an independent evolutionary process has passed.

Used in the study of a dive off the Palau 18 centimeters long, the female eel, found at a depth of 35 meters. Experts, is the first species to determine exactly how the eel. But then I decided that a member of the species is extremely primitive.

End of the study report prepared 'in some ways more primitive than we know it is a kind of snake, fish, eels, some of the oldest known fossils açılardansa even more primitive structure. As a living fossil 'the statement said. For apart from other Latin Protonanguilla Palau type I was given a new name.

The study species, the early Cretaceous period 200 million years ago, have evolved independently since recorded. Early Cretaceous period to the time when dinosaurs began to establish dominance over the world düşüyor.Video:

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