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


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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