What did the fish that lived in the area of present-day Mělník look like 70 million years ago? Macropoma speciosum belonged to the lobe-finned fishes, a group so rare that their discovery in 1938 shocked the entire scientific world. The first comprehensive information about the unique specimen in the Podřipský Museum was provided by the editorial staff of the magazine Koktejl.
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What did the fish that lived in the area of present-day Mělník look like 70 million years ago? Macropoma speciosum belonged to the lobe-finned fishes, a group so rare that their discovery in 1938 shocked the entire scientific world. The first comprehensive information about the unique specimen in the Podřipský Museum was provided by the editorial staff of the magazine Koktejl.