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Coelacanth discovery

16 Jul 2026

Geologist Ru Smith, left, with Curator Clare Brown and the skull bone of a coelacanth found by Ru at Roundhay Park earlier this year. The well-preserved, prehistoric skull bone was frozen in time aeons ago during an era when the park was submerged under a vast tropical lagoon.

Coelacanth discovery: Geologist Ru Smith, left, with Curator Clare Brown and the skull bone of a coelacanth found by Ru at Roundhay Park earlier this year. The well-preserved, prehistoric skull bone was frozen in time aeons ago during an era when the park was submerged under a vast tropical lagoon.
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