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01-20-2018, 12:40 PM
This new species of brittle star lived 435 million years ago
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Scientists say the fossilized remains of a brittle star that lived 435 million years ago belong to a new species.*
The fossil was named Crepidosoma doyleii, after the paleontologist who discovered it. Eamon Doyle was a Ph.D. student when he discovered the remains of the thumbnail-sized creature in the late 1980s, embedded in a layer of fossils on a hillside in the Maam Valley in Ireland.*
Though this species of brittle star (which are closely related to starfish) first developed nearly half a billion years ago, its modern day descendants are remarkably similar. *
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Scientists say the fossilized remains of a brittle star that lived 435 million years ago belong to a new species.*
The fossil was named Crepidosoma doyleii, after the paleontologist who discovered it. Eamon Doyle was a Ph.D. student when he discovered the remains of the thumbnail-sized creature in the late 1980s, embedded in a layer of fossils on a hillside in the Maam Valley in Ireland.*
Though this species of brittle star (which are closely related to starfish) first developed nearly half a billion years ago, its modern day descendants are remarkably similar. *
SEE ALSO: This powerful greenhouse gas has been rising sharply for a decade. Now we know why (http://mashable.com/2018/01/05/nasa-study-solves-methane-increase-puzzle/) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/19/brittle-star-ireland/)
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