"Secret Welsh fossil site reveals 462 million-year-old sea creatures"
TL;DR
A secret fossil site in Wales has yielded the preserved eyes and brains of 462 million-year-old creatures, including more than 170 species, most of which are new to science. The site, called "Castle Bank," contains a myriad of soft-bodied marine creatures and their organs, which are scarcely preserved in the fossil record, and resembles the world-renowned Cambrian deposits of Burgess Shale in Canada and Qingjiang biota in China. The rocks of Castle Bank are 50 million years younger and give researchers a unique window into how soft-bodied life diversified in the Ordovician Period.
Topics:sciencepaleontology#fossils#marine-life#ordovician-period#paleontology#soft-bodied-creatures#wales
- 462 million-year-old fossilized eyes and brains uncovered in 'secret' Welsh fossil site Livescience.com
- Unique fossil site discovered in Wales reveals early life forms CNN
- A Middle Ordovician Burgess Shale-type fauna from Castle Bank, Wales (UK) Nature.com
- Incredibly Preserved Fossils Show How Weird The Sea Was 462 Million Years Ago IFLScience
- Fossil trove in Wales is a 462-million-year-old world of wee sea creatures Popular Science
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