May
13
/ 2020
Scientists have made an amazing discovery about the humble anchovy. These small fish are usually found as a topping on a pizza. However, millions of years ago, they were saber-toothed predators who fed on other fish. This discovery of giant anchovies is helping scientists to better understand the period after the extinction of the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago. A team of scientists from the University of Michigan examined the fossils of two prehistoric fish. According to The Daily Mail, they studied the fossils of two “closely-related species believed to belong to the anchovy family, called Clupeopsis straeleni and Monosmilus chureloide.” One fossil was found in modern Pakistan and the other in Belgium, and they both dated to around
