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Almost Like Christmas: the Rediscovery of the Tasselflosser

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On 22 December 1938, Marjorie Courteney-Latimer discovered a fish on a cutter in South Africa that had not been available for millions of years22 December 1938, East London, South Africa. The telephone rings at the curator of the small natural history museum of the South African port city. The 31-year-old researcher and the captain of a fish cutter had a deal. When Hendrick Goosen of the Trawler "Nerine" returns from a trip in the coastal waters…
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On 22 December 1938, Marjorie Courteney-Latimer discovered a fish on a cutter in South Africa that had not been available for millions of years22 December 1938, East London, South Africa. The telephone rings at the curator of the small natural history museum of the South African port city. The 31-year-old researcher and the captain of a fish cutter had a deal. When Hendrick Goosen of the Trawler "Nerine" returns from a trip in the coastal waters…

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geo broke the news in on Monday, December 22, 2025.
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