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"Extremely Rare” Fool’s Gold Fossils Show Soft Tissues Of 450-Million-Year-Old Sea Creature
- A new species called Lomankus Edgecombei was named after Greg Edgecombe of the Natural History Museum.
- The preservation of these fossils in pyrite is extremely rare, according to Associate Professor Parry.
- Parry emphasized that without pyrite, these soft parts would have decayed, resulting in no fossils.
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scihb.com450 Million-Year-Old 'Golden' Fossil Reveals a Prize Arthropod Ancestor
Most of the fossils that we find in Earth's crust are preserved in sedimentary rock, where layers of mineral cover an organism and, over eons, harden into stone, dead beastie impression and all.
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Stunning fossil preserved in fool’s gold reveals newly identified 450 million-year-old species
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A shimmering ancient fossil unearthed in New York state looks like a piece of finely crafted jewelry, but it’s also a portal into the natural world 450…
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