Culture: Lamprey fossil discovered
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-06-23 15:45
Chinese scientists have found a rare fossil of a lamprey eel dating from the
Cretaceous period more than 100 million years ago, in north China's Inner
Mongolia.
Lamprey fossil is a species which has lived on earth for more
than 300 million years.
This is the first time a lamprey fossil was found
in the Mesozoic stratum in Europe or Asia and in a fresh water environment, said
Zhang Miman, a scientist with the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and
Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
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