Ancient animal sheds false identity. (Kimberella)

Science News | August 30, 1997| | Copyright

Call it a case of fossil duplicity. For decades, a group of ancient oval impressions has bamboozled paleontologists by masquerading as the squashed remains of jellyfish. Now, a treasure trove of finds in northern Russia has exposed the true identity of the fossil as one of the earliest complex animals to appear on the planet, report two scientists.

The fossil, with the lyrical name of Kimberella, is preserved in 550-million-year-old rocks from the late Precambrian era, which immediately preceded the burst of animal evolution known as the Cambrian explosion. When ...

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