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pleco
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 Posted - 07/13/2006 : 02:56:55
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Two Canadian paleontologists have discovered dozens of fossils of a soft-bodied, deep-sea dweller that lived more than half a billion years ago, adding one more piece to the enigmatic puzzle that is the history of life on Earth.
The 189 well-preserved fossil specimens of Odontogriphus omalus have been interpreted as the world's oldest known soft-bodied mollusk, and were found in British Columbia's mountains in the Burgess Shale, one of the most important fossil sites in the world.
The newly discovered fossils are remarkable, one of the researchers notes, because there are perfect impressions of all of the animal's soft tissues.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 07/13/2006 : 04:10:38 [Permalink]
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The link requires regestration, and my name's on too many lists already.... But if it concerns the Burgess Shale, I'm sure I'll find it elsewhere.
What a marvelous chapter in the tome of the earth's history the Burgess Shale is! Our oldest, known ancestor, Pikaia gracilens has been discovered in them.
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pleco
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Posted - 07/13/2006 : 04:21:33 [Permalink]
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| Really? I'm able to pull up the article no problem...hmmm |
by Filthy
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 07/13/2006 : 05:08:48 [Permalink]
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How does this push back evolution now? Im confused, isnt this just another pre-cambrian soft body?
For those not familiar with this era please pick up a copy of Gould's Wondeful Life, its a great read about the first large organisms of the fossil record. |
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