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3-D Fossils Found in Canada

Posted by michael on from the rocky-road dept.

smooth wombat writes "The BBC has a story with pictures of fossils found in Canada which are three dimensional. Even more interesting is that scientists consider the creatures, called rangemorphs, to be neither animal nor vegetable. In a related matter, geologists added the Ediacaran Period, in which these fossils lived, to their official history of Earth, the first new period to be added in 120 years."

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  1. Re:Maybe someone can tell me what the story... by Chuck1318 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Also important is the fine detail preserved in the fossils, down to 30 micrometers.

  2. Re:Maybe someone can tell me what the story... by bandy · · Score: 1, Informative

    New Scientist has an article about this very subject.

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  3. Re:Maybe someone can tell me what the story... by WalksOnDirt · · Score: 2, Informative

    A somewhat more informative article is
    here

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