How we only scratched the surface with Canowindra's historic fish fossil find

Laura Carolina Corrigan
Tom Melville
February 6 2021 - 8:00am
Paleontologist Dr Alex Ritchie believes a tetrapod (walking fish) fossil is waiting to be unearthed in Canowindra. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Paleontologist Dr Alex Ritchie believes a tetrapod (walking fish) fossil is waiting to be unearthed in Canowindra. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

More than 300 million years ago, long before dinosaurs, the world was ruled by fish.

Laura Carolina Corrigan

Canberra Times producer with a background in news and podcasts.

Tom Melville

Tom Melville

Host, Voice of Real Australia

Originally from Canberra, Tom Melville worked for the BBC in the UK and as a freelancer in Tunisia before coming to ACM. He is the host of ACM's national podcast Voice of Real Australia. urlgeni.us/VORAPod

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