The missing notebooks that solved a 55-million-year-old fossil mystery
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Researchers recovered lost field notebooks from a fossil discovery made nearly 30 years ago, enabling them to finally understand the complete scientific story of a 55-million-year-old fossilized predatory fish from New Zealand. This archival recovery advances paleontological knowledge by connecting historical fieldwork to modern analysis.
This does not prove new evolutionary mechanisms or resolve broader paleontological debates—it clarifies the context and details of a single specimen.
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