[Rockhounds] New treasure trove of Cambrian soft-bodied fossils found in China

Paul etchplain at att.net
Thu Mar 21 13:27:07 PDT 2019


Half the species in a new Cambrian fossil site are completely new to us
John Timmer, Ars Technica, March 21, 2019
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/03/spectacular-trove-of-cambrian-fossils-uncovered-in-china/

Unknown species found in new treasure trove of fossils found in China
Ashley Strickland, CNN  News, March 21, 2018
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/21/world/china-new-fossils-qingjiang-scn/index.html

Scientists Find Huge Trove of Marine Fossils from the 'Cambrian
Explosion' in China, Ryan F. Mandelbaum, Gizmodo, March 21, 2019
https://gizmodo.com/scientists-find-huge-trove-of-marine-fossils-from-the-c-1833469727

The paper is;

Fu, D, Tong, G., et al., 2019, The Qingjiang biota—A Burgess
Shale–type fossil Lagerstätte from the early Cambrian of South China
Science  22 Mar 2019: Vol. 363, Issue 6433, pp. 1338-1342
DOI: 10.1126/science.aau8800
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6433/1338.full

Yours,

Paul H.





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