The art of preserving a fish | Natural History Museum
The art of preserving a fish | Natural History Museum
Aug 4, 2017
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Marine fossils, including those of conodonts (extinct eel-like creatures) and other prehistoric fish-like animals, have been found on Mount Everest. These fossils are located in limestone layers formed about 470 million years ago from an ancient ocean called the Tethys Sea. Over millions of years, the collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates uplifted the seabed, pushing these marine fossils to the summit of the world’s highest mountain. | Unsolved Mysteries & Paranormal Activities
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Marine fossils, including those of conodonts (extinct eel-like creatures) and other prehistoric fish-like animals, have been found on Mount Everest. These fossils are located in limestone layers formed about 470 million years ago from an ancient ocean called the Tethys Sea. Over millions of years, the collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates uplifted the seabed, pushing these marine fossils to the summit of the world’s highest mountain. | Unsolved Mysteries & Paranormal Activities
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51.98 million years ago, life looked a little different… 🌊🦴 These beautifully preserved fish fossils come from the ancient Fossil Lake—once a thriving subtropical ecosystem in what is now southwest Wyoming. Displayed naturally on a stunning slab of calcium carbonate (with no restorations or enhancements!), this piece features two Cockerellites liops, one Diplomystus dentatus, and the lake’s fierce predator, Phareodus encaustus. Fossil Lake was part of a long-lost freshwater system where low ox
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51.98 million years ago, life looked a little different… 🌊🦴 These beautifully preserved fish fossils come from the ancient Fossil Lake—once a thriving subtropical ecosystem in what is now southwest Wyoming. Displayed naturally on a stunning slab of calcium carbonate (with no restorations or enhancements!), this piece features two Cockerellites liops, one Diplomystus dentatus, and the lake’s fierce predator, Phareodus encaustus. Fossil Lake was part of a long-lost freshwater system where low ox
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5 Prehistoric Fish Alive Today - Nature’s Living Dinosaurs
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This fish fossil is around 15 million years old and was found with its stomach contents preserved 🤯. A team of Australian scientists, led by Dr Matthew McCurry from the AM and the UNSW, have described this new species of fish fossil as Ferruaspis brocksi. It is named after Professor Jochen J. Brocks from The Australian National University, who discovered several of the fossilised species at the McGraths Flat fossil site near Gulgong, NSW. Ferruaspis brocksi is the first fossil freshwater smelt
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This fish fossil is around 15 million years old and was found with its stomach contents preserved 🤯. A team of Australian scientists, led by Dr Matthew McCurry from the AM and the UNSW, have described this new species of fish fossil as Ferruaspis brocksi. It is named after Professor Jochen J. Brocks from The Australian National University, who discovered several of the fossilised species at the McGraths Flat fossil site near Gulgong, NSW. Ferruaspis brocksi is the first fossil freshwater smelt
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A perfectly preserved fish fossil inside a limestone slab… a snapshot of life frozen for millions of years. 🐟🪨 When minerals slowly replace organic tissue, nature creates a stone-solid time capsule — a detailed record of ancient oceans and the creatures that once swam in them. Moments like this remind us just how much Earth remembers. 🌍✨ This video is for educational purposes only. DM for credit/ removal. #FossilDiscovery #GeologyFacts #AncientLife #ScienceExplained #NaturalHistory Educationa
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A perfectly preserved fish fossil inside a limestone slab… a snapshot of life frozen for millions of years. 🐟🪨 When minerals slowly replace organic tissue, nature creates a stone-solid time capsule — a detailed record of ancient oceans and the creatures that once swam in them. Moments like this remind us just how much Earth remembers. 🌍✨ This video is for educational purposes only. DM for credit/ removal. #FossilDiscovery #GeologyFacts #AncientLife #ScienceExplained #NaturalHistory Educationa
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unfold.truths on Instagram: "“A moment from millions of years ago — perfectly frozen in stone” 🐟🪨 This fish fossil is more than a discovery — it’s a message from Earth’s ancient oceans. Hidden inside a limestone slab, this perfectly preserved fish fossil reveals an incredible story of life, death, and time. Millions of years ago, this fish sank to the bottom of a calm prehistoric lake, buried under fine layers of sediment. Over eons, its tissues were replaced by minerals, turning it into stone
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