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Colourful fossils

Galaxiid fossils showing colour and patterning of skin.

Some galaxiid fossils still show the colour and patterning of skin.

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Rights: John Conran, Daphne Lee and Uwe Kaulfuss, CC BY-SA 4.0
Published: 8 August 2023Updated: 7 August 2023Size: 5.74 MB
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