450-Million-Year-Old Fossil Arthropod Found Preserved in Fool’s Gold

450-Million-Year-Old Fossil Arthropod Found Preserved in Fool’s Gold
Life reconstruction of Lomankus edgecombei. Image credit: Xiaodong Wang.

A new species of megacheiran arthropod from the Ordovician period, preserved in 3D by pyrite (commonly known as fool’s gold), has been discovered by University of Oxford paleontologist Luke Parry and his colleagues.

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 A new species of megacheiran arthropod from the Ordovician period, preserved in 3D by pyrite (commonly known as fool’s gold), has been discovered by University of Oxford paleontologist Luke Parry and his colleagues.
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