‘None of her preserved anatomy looked like any other fossil.’ – Scientists Realize That A Fossil That’s Millions Of Years Old Was Fossilized From The Inside Out

‘None of her preserved anatomy looked like any other fossil.’ – Scientists Realize That A Fossil That’s Millions Of Years Old Was Fossilized From The Inside Out

Shutterstock Discovering a new species of animal is always exciting, even if that animal has been extinct for millions of years. That is what happened when Professor Sarah Gabbott from the University of Leicester School of Geography, Geology, and the Environment went digging in the Soom Shale location just north of Cape Town, South Africa. While digging through rocks, she found a very well-preserved arthropod that has since been dubbed, “Sue” an…