But what did they evolve from, are they ‘living fossils’, and how did they survive five mass extinctions? Sharks belong to a group of creatures known as cartilaginous fishes, because most of their ...

Explore the fascinating discovery of the fish fossil Ferruaspis brocksi, revealing its diet and unique features from 15 ...

THE recent issue of the eighth and last volume of Dr. Gunther's Catalogue of Fishes brings to a completion one of the most laborious and important zoological works of the present epoch.

would result in very considerable progress in our understanding of the inter-relations of the components of this difficult group. Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History).