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Discovery has helped provide a fuller picture of the evolutionary history of lampreysThe bloodsucking aquatic creatures have been around for hundreds of millions of years, surviving mass extinction events

Two rare, well-preserved fossil lampreys have been found in northern China, shedding light on feeding habits, life cycle and evolution of lampreys.

Living jawless fish, especially lampreys, have become a highly studied animal group for evolutionary developmental biologists and ecologists and are even regarded as a model for research in vertebrate evolutionary biology.

Discovery has helped provide a fuller picture of the evolutionary history of lampreys, a species that has been around for hundreds of millions of years.

Two ‘superbly preserved’ fossil lampreys from the Jurassic period help piece together the past of the unusual jawless fish. Two ‘superbly preserved’ fossil lampreys from the Jurassic period help piece together the past of the unusual jawless fish.