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Jess Thomson

Scientists discover new 15 million-year old fish with last meal fossilized inside its stomach

Fossilised stomach contents of a 15 million year old fish.

Fossils of 15 million-year-old freshwater fish discovered in Australia represent a species completely new to science — and they still have the remains of their final meals in their stomachs.

The fossils of the new species, named Ferruaspis brocksi, were unearthed by paleontologists at the McGraths Flat fossil site in New South Wales, Australia, according to a new study published March 17 in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

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