Led by the incomparable Sanaa El-Sayed, a study out today in Science Advances throws open an important new window on marine fish diversity during the critical few million years following the K-Pg mass extinction. Below: artistic vision of the new fauna by Ian Baylatry.
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A new Science Advances study led by Sanaa El-Sayed reveals that many modern fish groups were already diversifying in Egypt less than 4Ma after the extinction of the dinosaurs, providing a rare glimpse into the recovery of ancient marine ecosystems. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec8978
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A 62.2-million-year-old fossil site in Egypt's Eastern Desert, known as Qreiya 3, has yielded the most diverse Danian fish assemblage ever found, documenting the rapid rise of modern ocean fishes afte...
Qreiya 3 is a remarkable fossil site which is providing scientists with an unprecedented glimpse into marine life. There is evidence of how life on Earth developed just a few million years after the d...