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The fossil in the picture is a double
aspect, negative-positive one.

Sawfish

Period: Cretaceous
Age: 95 million years

Region: Lebanon

Sawfish belong to the family Pristidae. Their nose resembles a long saw, and they have two
dorsal fins. They live in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean, the Pacific and northern
Australia. These fish reach a maximum of 7.5 meters (25 feet) in length and generally live
for up to 30 years. Examination of sawfish living today shows that they have the same cha-

racteristic saw-like nose and fins on the edges of their bodies as in this 95-million-year-old
fossil.
Life forms living today also appearing in the fossil record deals a heavy blow to the the-

ory of evolution because this 95-million-year-old fossil is identical to members of the spe-
cies living today. The sawfish once again proves that living species have preserved their
features up to the present day.

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