The ancient, gilt creatures represent a new species, and hint at the anatomy of an iconic group of arthropods.
Feast your eyes on a newly discovered species of extinct life, fortuitously fossilized in a mineral that turned the ancient arthropods gold., which died about 450 million years ago and became fossilized in iron pyrite—fool’s gold, a different and admittedly less precious metal than its lustrous yellow counterpart.
“There are more species of arthropod than any other group of animals on Earth,” Parry said. “Part of the key to this success is their highly adaptable head and its appendages, that has adapted to various challenges like a biological Swiss army knife.”fossils show the animal’s underbelly, components of its mouth, and thin flagella on its great appendage that the researchers believe it used to sense the environment and find prey.
All that glitters may not be gold, but the gilt fossils from central New York are certainly a special treat for a paleontologist—or anyone who wishes to marvel at the circumstances by which ancient life on our planet can be preserved for nearly half a billion years.Scientists Reconstruct Terrifying Face of Car-Sized Millipede That Roamed Prehistoric Earth
Arthropleura were huge, had a bunch of legs, and likely scavenged on dead bodies. How charming. And now we know what their faces looked like, thanks to new research.The remnants of a mosasaur show a sea predator that was ill equipped for slashing bites, and likely preferred to swallow its prey whole.PaleontologyA newly discovered ancestor of the recently extinct carnivores was described today, marking the 88th anniversary of the death of the last thylacine.
The sea cow, which lived between 23 million and 11.6 million years ago, was likely killed by the croc before being scavenged upon by the shark.Myth-Bust the Ins and Outs of AnimationThese New Universal Monsters Animatronics Are Awesome
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