3 sentences with 'coelacanth'

Example sentences and phrases with the word coelacanth and other words derived from it.


« The coelacanth, a fish over a metre long, was found alive in 1938 when it was thought to be extinct in the Cretaceous period. »
« The coelacanth, a fish thought to have been extinct for more than 60 million years, was caught in East Africa in 1938; several hundred have been caught since. »
« Surely, these unknown fishermen must have been astonished to learn that their singular prey was a fish called coelacanth, which appeared "alive and kicking" to the bewilderment of the men of science, who had issued its death certificate - or extinction certificate, to be more precise - in approximately... 60 million years! 60 million years ago, back in the Cretaceous period. »

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