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
By Suthentira Govender

When palaeontologist Dr Rob Gess stumbled upon an animal skull dating back 260-million years on his cousin's farm at the age of eight, his life's trajectory as a fossil researcher became cast in stone.

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