Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Exceptionally preserved Jurassic sea life found in new fossil site

01/31/2017 02:09 PM EST

Rowan Martindale with a slab of bivalves

A trove of exceptionally preserved Jurassic marine fossils discovered in Canada, rare for recording soft-bodied species that normally don't fossilize, is expanding scientists' view of the rich marine life of the period.


Full story at http://www.jsg.utexas.edu/news/2017/01/exceptionally-preserved-jurassic-sea-life-found-in-new-fossil-site/

Source
University of Texas at Austin


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