Wednesday, February 21, 2018

A mineral blueprint for finding Burgess Shale-type fossils

02/21/2018 02:19 PM EST

Ottoia, a burrowing priapulid worm from the Cambrian Burgess Shale

Scientists have identified a mineral signature for sites that are more likely to contain rare fossils that preserve evidence of soft tissue -- essential information to understanding ancient life.


Full story at https://news.yale.edu/2018/02/16/mineral-blueprint-finding-burgess-shale-type-fossils

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Yale University


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