Fossil fish found alive : discovering the coelacanth
Walker, Sally M.
Fossil fish found alive : discovering the coelacanth - Minneapolis. Carolrhoda Books. 5/12/2010 - 72 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 x 28 cm.
Describes the 1938 discovery of the coelacanth, a fish previously believed to be extinct, and subsequent research about it.
Contents: Prologue: Prehistoric fish -- Startling discovery -- Meet the coelacanth -- Fourteen-year fish hunt -- Inside the coelacanth -- Submersible search -- King of the sea -- Back to South Africa -- Map: Major coelacanth discoveries -- Timeline -- Source notes -- Photo acknowledgments -- Selected bibliography -- Glossary -- Index.
1575055368 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 9781575055367 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
2001003815
Coelacanth -- Juvenile literature.
Coelacanth.
Living fossils.
Fossil fish found alive : discovering the coelacanth - Minneapolis. Carolrhoda Books. 5/12/2010 - 72 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 x 28 cm.
Describes the 1938 discovery of the coelacanth, a fish previously believed to be extinct, and subsequent research about it.
Contents: Prologue: Prehistoric fish -- Startling discovery -- Meet the coelacanth -- Fourteen-year fish hunt -- Inside the coelacanth -- Submersible search -- King of the sea -- Back to South Africa -- Map: Major coelacanth discoveries -- Timeline -- Source notes -- Photo acknowledgments -- Selected bibliography -- Glossary -- Index.
1575055368 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 9781575055367 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
2001003815
Coelacanth -- Juvenile literature.
Coelacanth.
Living fossils.