Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer and the Coelacanth

Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer and the Coelacanth

The coelacanth was believed to have gone extinct about 66 million years ago, until one was spotted in South Africa in 1938. Naturalist and museum curator Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer played a key part in that event.

Research:

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