ScienceDaily (Oct. 3, 2012) — A seven million-year-old South American fossil from a species known as Arrhinolemur scalabrinii
-- which translates literally to "Scalabrini's lemur without a nose" --
has long been a curiosity because there is only one specimen in
existence and it is unlike most other primates.
There is a reason for that, scientists have discovered. The lemur without a nose is actually a fish.
Classified as a mammal since it was first described in 1898, Arrhinolemur scalabrinii
will at last take its rightful place among its piscatorial brethren
following a detailed analysis by scientists from Argentina, Oregon State
University and the Smithsonian Institution. Results of their analysis
have just been published in the professional journal Neotropical Ichthyology.
Continued: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121003134209.htm
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