The discovery of remains of a lobe-finned fish, excavated by hand by Albany Museum and Rhodes University's Dr Rob Gess, was published in a paper this week.
JOHANNESBURG - On the hills of Waterloo Farm in Makhanda, Eastern Cape lay in waiting the fossilised remains of a roughly 360 million-year-old prehistoric fish.
Unbeknownst to Gess, his discovery was the start of an epic journey. He showed his findings to a paleontologist at Rhodes, Dr Norton Hiller, who later funded Gess' excavations for a time. Gess managed to save large portions of the sedimentary rock in the hopes of discovering more of the elusive Hyneria.
Millions of years ago, Gondwana was a supercontinent that once formed the southern half of Pangea, and broke off in stages.
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