Thursday, December 02, 2010

Triassic Fish


Photograph by O. Louis Mazzatenta

This Triassic-era fish is among the thousands of fossils uncovered in the mountains and karst formations of China's Guizhou Province. Much of this region was under a shallow ocean during the Triassic period, and sediments there teem with the ancient remains of fish, dinosaurs, and marine reptiles.

nationalgeographic.com

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