Traces of soft-bodied beasties. (fossils of soft-bodied animals found)

From: Science News | Date: May 11, 1985 | Copyright information

If you're a soft-bodied animal, chances are you won't leave a fossil legacy. The fossil record is made up mostly of shells, bones and other hard parts that are able to withstand decay and weathering long enough to become immortalized as fossils. This leaves paleontologists with a rather narrow view of the diversity and evolution of past life. So when scientists uncover fossils of the soft body parts -- as some did recently in a quarry near Milwaukee -- it's an event to write home about.

Donald Mikulic of the Illinois State Geological Survey in Champaign and co-workers ...

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