Armoured fish fossil solves evolution puzzle

Thursday 26 September 2013 6:24PM (view full episode)

A 419-million-year-old fossil of an armoured fish has been discovered in Yunan, China and it has been heralded as a crucial missing part in the vertebrate evolution jigsaw puzzle.

It bridges the evolutionary gap between ancient armoured creatures, called Placoderms, and modern fishes, and is most probably the earliest creature with a jaw.


John Long
Strategic Professor in Palaeontology at Flinders University


Georgia Moodie