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The fossil in the picture is a double
aspect, negative-positive one.
Mene Maculata (Moonfish)
Period: Eocene
Age: 54 – 37 million years
Region: Monte Bolca, Italy
The mene maculata fish, a member of the Menidae family, is mainly found in the waters
of the Pacific Ocean. Many fossil remains of this life form from the Cenozoic period (65
million years to the present) have been found. The 54 to 37-million-year-old fossil in the
photograph from the Eocene period is important evidence that this life form has never
changed in any way. The fossil is identical in every way to members of the species living
today, with its broad body, small tail, skeletal structure and the two long fins extending
from beneath its body. The fossil record literally reflects a picture of how living things
were millions of years in the past. If a life form has not altered in the slightest over tens
of millions of years, then it is impossible to speak of these living things evolving.
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