Rio do Rasto Formation, illustration

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Illustration of freshwater fauna and flora in the Rio do Rasto Formation of the Late Permian (around 260 million years ago) in what is now southern Brazil. At upper left small fish are cleaning the mouth of a Bageherpeton sp. amphibian. In the foreground are two Paranaichthys sp. fish. In the background a Xenacanthus sp. shark swims among giant horsetail (Calamites sp.) stems.

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Photo credit: © JULIA D'OLIVEIRA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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