Discovery of the Coelacanth — #2 in Top 10 Best Marine Biology Discoveries | Top10Grid
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Discovery of the Coelacanth
Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer's 1938 identification of a living coelacanth off South Africa revealed that a fish thought extinct for 66 million years still swam the deep oceans, earning it the nickname "living fossil."
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