nCoelacanth fish
nKnown by paleontologists of 19th and 20th
centuries from the
fossil record
n“Extinct” about 70 million years ago
nCandidate forerunner to first land animals
nLiving specimens
nFound off west coast of Madagascar
in 1938
nMore found later
nNo longer considered a link in evolutionary chain
nAnother evolution “theory” debunked!