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Photo taken on May 10, 2009 shows the
fossil of a coelacanth displayed at the Grand Kawanua Convention Center in
Manado, Indonesia. Coelacanth, known as the living fossil, is the common
name for an order of fish that includes the oldest living lineage of jawed
fish known to date. The coelacanths were believed to have gone extinct
some 70-80 million years ago until a live specimen was found off the east
coast of South Africa in 1938. Since then these fish have been found and
caught in Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, the Comoros and
Indonesia. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei) Photo Gallery>>> |