Species Of Fish With Muppet-Like Mouths Found

  • 8 years ago
A new study describes the discovery of two more species of fish in the genus known as Rhinconichthys; the bony creatures are believed to have lived around 92 million years ago and are thought to have had specialized mouths that could open extra wide to consume more plankton.

A recently published study describes the discovery of two new species in the genus known as Rhinconichthys. 
One was discovered from a fossilized skull in Colorado and the other from reexamined remains in Japan; the only other known sample was from England. 
The bony fish are believed to have lived during the time of dinosaurs around 92 million years ago, according to a