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Marjorie
Coelacanth
Evolution
J.L.B. Smith
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Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer was a curator for which museum?
East London Natural History Museum
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What was the popular term for the coelacanth when discovered?
A living fossil
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When did lobed fins evolve into the walking limbs of land vertebrates?
Late Devonian period
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Where did Smith go to see a Coelacanth in 1952?
Dzaoudzi
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To what museum did Marjorie refuse to sell the specimen to?
British Museum of Natural History
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During what period was the Coelacanth thought to have been extinct?
Cretaceous period
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When was the late Devonian period?
360-380 million years ago
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How was the Coelacanth on the Comoros caught?
With a hand-held line
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What was the name of the local trawler fleet that called Marjorie about some fish she might want for her collection?
The Nerine
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Where did Mark and Arnaz Erdmann first see the coelacanth?
Manado
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When was the Cretaceous period?
65 million years ago
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What did Smith call the Coelacanths in his book?
Old Fourlegs
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For how many days did Dr. J.L.B. Smith not see Marjorie's letter about the fish she found?
Eleven Days
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What was the difference between the Indonesian Coelacanth and South African Coelacanth?
The Indonesian form was brown with gold flecks, while the South African was pale mauve-blue.
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What two bones are analogous with the Coelacanth and four legged vertebrates?
The femur and humerus
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What did Smith find in the swim bladder of the Coelacanth?
Fat