319-million-year-old fossilised fish illuminates backboned animals’ brain evolution

319-million-year-old fossilised fish illuminates backboned animals’ brain evolution

Source: birmingham

1/31/2023

Credit: Márcio L. Castro

A 319-million-year-old fossilised fish, pulled from a coal mine in England more than a century ago, has revealed the oldest example of a well-preserved vertebrate brain.

CT-scanning, where X-rays are used to reveal internal features, shows the skull of the creature contains a brain and cranial nerves that are roughly an inch long.

Continue...

News Id		Source	Stamp	country
4801	Study reveals why some largemouth bass are harder to catch	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette	2019-06-13	US
4802	Alberta motocross club hit with $70K in fines for event that saw bikes ride through threatened-species habitat	CBC	2019-06-27	CA
4803	St. John River angler blames mercury poisoning on fish caught in headpond	CBC News	2019-06-27	CA
4804	Robotic Fish Is Now Powered by 'Robot-Blood' for Greater Autonomy	interesting engineering	2019-06-20	CA
4805	Canada to ban importing, exporting shark fins as Fisheries Act overhaul to become law	ipolitics	2019-06-19	CA
4806	Recreational chinook salmon fishing restricted on most Yukon rivers	CBC	2018-07-26	CA
4807	Pub ban lifted on year-long sting that busted Sask. Indigenous man for selling $90 of fish	CBC News	2019-06-18	CA
4808	A Former Monsanto Executive Could Be the Next U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director	psmag	2018-10-23	US
4809	Dozens of dead fish found around Moncton's Jones Lake, prompts investigation	CBC News	2019-06-17	CA
4810	The Beyond Meat of fish is coming	Washington Post	2019-06-17	CA
4811	Fish in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama on ‘threatened’ list	AP	2019-01-30	US
4812	Ambitious new plan to save Atlantic salmon has big price tag	APN	2019-02-14	US
4813	‘The ride of a lifetime’: Calgary fishermen catch massive 11-foot sturgeon in B.C. river	Global News	2019-06-13	CA
4814	Conservationists raise alarm over wild fish found on B.C. salmon farms	quesnelobserver	2019-06-11	CA
4815	Secretary Bernhardt Proposes Increasing Public Access to Hunting and Fishing on 1.4 Million Acres Nationwide	fws	2019-06-05	US
4816	Asian carp DNA found in Chicago area near Lake Michigan	AP	2019-03-20	CA
4817	Expert determines man's giant catch to be rare, old fish: 'I had never seen something like that'	Fox News	2019-06-10	US
4818	New regulation for Maine fishermen might ease tension in 'grey zone'	CBC News	2019-06-07	CA
4819	DFO to begin testing for harmful virus at B.C. fish farms	CBC News	2018-06-05	CA
4820	More Manitobans casting lines, but sustainability concerns surface for fisheries	CBC News	2019-04-13	CA
4821	Fishing for Fall time Browns in Manitoba	canadianfishingnetwork	2019-06-05	CA
4822	Angler's Family Upset After South Dakota Fish Record Voided	AP	2019-05-21	US
4823	U.S. angler caught hiding baitfish in his vehicle	TbNewsWatch	2018-07-17	US
4824	House OKs overhaul of federal fishing laws, loosening limits and expanding angler access.	USA TODAY	2018-07-21	US
4825	'I'll teach her': Mom proud to show daughter the ropes of fishing	CBC News	2019-06-01	CA

192 of [196 - pages.]