Palaeontologist took 30 years piecing together identity of 260-million-year-old fish
Two lives set in stone millions of years apart
05 March 2023 - 00:00
When palaeontologist Dr Rob Gess stumbled upon an animal skull dating back 260-million years while playing as a boy on his cousin's farm, his life's trajectory as a fossil researcher became cast in stone...
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