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Insects Have Six Legs. But This 324-Million-Year-Old Insect Had 24 Legs and a Body Unlike Anything Alive Today
Researchers said the 24-legged fossil helps close an 80-million-year gap in the insect record and suggests some early insects lived near water.
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A 324-million-year-old fossil that was thought to be a crustacean for decades has now been identified as a new species of insect with 24 paddle-like legs. The post Ancient insect with 24 legs; scientists identify strange 324-million-year-old fossil appeared first on Digiato.
A tiny creature that lived 324 million years ago had what we would today consider… excessive: 24 legs. Its discovery provides new clues about how insects came to have their most common set of six legs.
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