perfectly preserved fossils of ancient sea critters found buried in volcanic ash
- Written by: John Paterson, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of New England
A. El Albani (University of Poitiers)If you’ve ever visited the fossil gallery of a natural history museum — or its gift shop, for that matter — you’ve probably seen the armoured body remains (or exoskeletons) of an extinct group of animals called trilobites. These ancient marine arthropods lived in the world’s oceans...
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