"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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450-Million-Year-Old Fossil Arthropod Found Preserved in Fool’s Gold
A new species of megacheiran arthropod from the Ordovician period, preserved in 3D by pyrite (commonly known as fool’s gold), has been discovered by University of Oxford paleontologist Luke Parry and his colleagues. The post 450-Million-Year-Old Fossil Arthropod Found Preserved in Fool’s Gold appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
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