A stunning 450-million-year-old fossil arthropod, perfectly preserved in fool's gold or iron pyrite, has been unearthed. Thanks to the mineral pyrite, its exquisite preservation offers a glimpse into ...

Five hundred million years ago, a larva this small swam in the oceans of the Cambrian Period, its tiny form supporting a ...

For nearly two centuries, scientists have tried to solve an enduring mystery about a giant millipede-like animal named Arthropleura that used its many legs to roam Earth more than 300 million years ...

Palaeontologists are helping resolve the evolution and ecology of Odaraia, a taco-shaped marine animal that lived during the Cambrian period. Fossils reveal Odaraia had mandibles. Palaeontologists are ...

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