Fossil hunters in the US have found fossils of an animal that had been buried under “fool’s gold” for 450 million years. The results of the study conducted by scientists from Yale University were published in the journal Current Biology.
The mineral pyrite is called “fool’s gold” due to its external similarity to this precious metal. A new species is buried beneath, Lomancus edgecombeiIt turned out to be a representative of arthropods from the Megacheir group (megacheira) – distant relatives of modern horseshoe crabs, scorpions and spiders.
The animal’s remains were painted a bright gold color. Also replaced soft tissue lomancus. In this way, scientists were able to examine the animal in detail. It had no eyes and its small forelimbs were used to dig on the ocean floor. The forelimbs also had flagella, sensory organs for sensing the environment and searching for food.
The discovery revealed that Megacheirs have existed for longer than previously thought. Myself lomancus It survived during the Cambrian period (485-541 million years ago) and the Ordovician period (443-485 million years ago).
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Source: Gazeta
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