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Are coelacanths dinosaurs

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

No, they're fish. There might be some confusion due to people (media reporters, mainly) calling the coelacanth a "living dinosaur," as though "dinosaur" meant "any creature we haven't seen in a long time."

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