Living fossil

Fossil find pushes back the emergence of animals by millions of years. Andrew Masterson reports.

these critters are damn strange... they only hatch during floods in the desert, from eggs that may be over 20 years old... and yes that is 3 eyes that you see here is a link to the Wikipedia page en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield_shrimp (i have no idea how to do fancy hyperlinks)

Sean Rice on Instagram: "A galaxy of stars in the palm of my hand. Found yesterday on the river foreshore; tiny crinoid segments or ossicles, pieces of a plant-like creature that lived around 190 million years ago in the Jurassic and still has living relatives in our oceans today #fossils #fossilhunting #crinoids #crinoid #jurrrassic #naturalhistory #nature #stars"

A week or so ago I saw this amazing picture on Pinterest and then found the original on Flickr. This inspired my October Component of the month. http://www.pinterest.com/pin/144396731776123971/ I could just picture how cool it would look with different sizes and shapes of Ammonite on a piece of copper, all over lapping each other. This is the result! As you can see each one is different. Different textures in different places on each piece and the copper colored differently as well. I really…

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A giant 70 million year old fossil of a fish that lived amongst dinosaurs has been discovered in Argentine Patagonia, a team of researchers

Cymatophlebia longialata, the dragonfly that produced this incredibly detailed fossil, lived alongside dinosaurs during the Jurassic period, 200 to 145 million years ago. #dinosaurs #jurassicage #dragonfly #fossil #jurassic #jurassicworld #fossilated #nature #earth . dinausaurs / dinosaurs / Dinosaurs in Jurassic Era / Dragonfly Fossil / Dragonfly Fossil in jurassic era / Dragonfly roamed with dinosaurs / evolution / fossils / T-Rex

Sean Rice on Instagram: "A galaxy of stars in the palm of my hand. Found in a single day on the River Severn foreshore last year; tiny crinoid segments or ossicles, pieces of a plant-like creature that lived around 190 million years ago in the Jurassic and still has living relatives in our oceans today #fossils #fossilhunting #crinoids #crinoid #jurrrassic #naturalhistory #nature #stars"

We often forget what a wondrous world we live in. While getting caught up in our hectic schedules makes us oblivious to things around us, today we're gonna zoom in on the unseen and unnoticed side of things.