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Fossil fish found alive : discovering the coelacanth

By: Publication details: Minneapolis. Carolrhoda Books. 5/12/2010Description: 72 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 x 28 cmISBN:
  • 1575055368 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 9781575055367 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Summary: 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.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
JNF JNF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction J 597.3 WAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 34517000435811

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.

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