[Rockhounds] Fossils News - Oldest Known Parasite and Nodosauridae Fodder

[Paul]

Oldest known parasite

Oldest known parasite is a worm-like animal
from 512 million years ago, Michael Marshall
New Scientist, June 2, 2020
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2244897-oldest-known-parasite-is-a-worm-like-animal-from-512-million-years-ago/

The open access paper is:

Zhang, Z., Strotz, L.C., Topper, T.P., Chen, F.,
Chen, Y., Liang, Y., Zhang, Z., Skovsted, C.B.
and Brock, G.A., 2020. An encrusting
kleptoparasite-host interaction from the
early Cambrian. Nature Communications, 11(1), pp.1-7.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-16332-3

Nodosauridae Fodder

Scientists discover what an armored dinosaur ate
for its last meal by University of Saskatchewan
https://phys.org/news/2020-06-scientists-armored-dinosaur-ate-meal.html

The open access paper is:

Dietary palaeoecology of an Early Cretaceous armoured
dinosaur (Ornithischia; Nodosauridae) based on floral
analysis of stomach contents, Royal Society Open Science,
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.200305

Yours,

Paul H.