# Prehistoric "in-between" fish discovered.

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**Created:** [September 13, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prehistoric-in-between-fish-discovered/596205 "2011-09-13T21:29:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prehistoric-in-between-fish-discovered/596205/1 "2011-09-13T21:29:15Z")

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[I appreciate the greatness of this discovery](http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/philadelphia/academy-natural-sciences-announces-discovery-between-fish-160015743.html). But if you ask me, it’s “in-between” gruesome and hideous.

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**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prehistoric-in-between-fish-discovered/596205/2 "2011-09-13T21:54:55Z")

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> “Flat head, very small eyes, very big mouth, very big teeth.”

Should have called it the JuliaRobertsaurus.

[http://topnews.in/light/files/julia-roberts\_0.jpg](http://topnews.in/light/files/julia-roberts_0.jpg)

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prehistoric-in-between-fish-discovered/596205/3 "2011-09-13T22:29:56Z")

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Or the [LeonaHelmsleysaurus](http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/08/31/bizarre.will.stipulations/).

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**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prehistoric-in-between-fish-discovered/596205/4 "2011-09-13T23:19:16Z")

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> But he says the Academy of Natural Sciences is not quite ready to display its _Laccognathus_ yet.

The Academy wants dinner and a movie first.