Flipboard Picks in Science on Nostr: "A newly discovered 450-million-year-old fossil arthropod was found entirely ...
"A newly discovered 450-million-year-old fossil arthropod was found entirely preserved in pyrite — aka fool’s gold."
From npub1ekyx6xpqs0jj269pxddfewq0xszh44rvw2e8qu4c98ssesgxx47sa4d9fg (npub1eky…d9fg): "The newly named species Lomankus edgecombei boasts a leg coming out of its head called a 'great appendage' that likely helped this extinct spider-like creature live in a very hostile world."
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The original study: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01367-8?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982224013678%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
#Fossil #Arthropod #Science #Paleontology
From npub1ekyx6xpqs0jj269pxddfewq0xszh44rvw2e8qu4c98ssesgxx47sa4d9fg (npub1eky…d9fg): "The newly named species Lomankus edgecombei boasts a leg coming out of its head called a 'great appendage' that likely helped this extinct spider-like creature live in a very hostile world."
https://flip.it/sAz_fd
The original study: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01367-8?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982224013678%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
#Fossil #Arthropod #Science #Paleontology