Incredible Fossil Shows Coordinated Swimming In A School Of Extinct Fish
Image: Mizumoto et al./Proceedings of the Royal Society B
An exquisite fossil of photographic-like quality shows nearly 260 tiny fish swimming together in what appears to be coordinated group action. A new study published this week in Proceedings of the Royal Society B showcases a stunning new fossil in which one such rapid burial locked an entire school of fish, or a shoal, in place. Image: Mizumoto et al./Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Mizumoto, the lead author of the new study, embarked on an analysis to see if coordinated group behavior could be inferred from the fossil.
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