{"id":119900,"date":"2024-10-30T02:52:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T19:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119900"},"modified":"2024-10-30T02:52:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T19:52:47","slug":"rare-fossil-preserved-in-fools-gold-reveals-newly-identified-450-million-year-old-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119900","title":{"rendered":"Rare fossil preserved in fool\u2019s gold reveals newly identified 450 million-year-old species"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/editor-note\/instances\/cm2uhivsq0008356mpqk4hy2g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"editor-note\" class=\"editor-note vossi-editor-note inline-placeholder \" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n    <em>Sign up for CNN\u2019s Wonder Theory science newsletter.\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters\/wonder-theory?source=nl-acq_article\"><em>Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more<\/em><\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2uhi6rh003626qm1jdu280o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A shimmering ancient fossil unearthed in New York state looks like a piece of finely crafted jewelry, but it\u2019s also a portal into the natural world 450 million years ago.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2upkdrx0001356m3quwfrs9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The striking fossil is a newly identified species of arthropod, a distant relative of modern-day horseshoe crabs, scorpions, and spiders, that slightly resembles a modern-day shrimp. The creature lived on the ocean floor during the Ordovician Period (485 million to 444 million years ago) at a time when life had only a tentative foothold on land.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2upkdrx0002356m53wdedq7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Named Lomankus edgecombei, the arthropod is a remarkably bright golden color because it\u2019s preserved in three dimensions by iron pyrite \u2014 a mineral better known as fool\u2019s gold.<br \/>It\u2019s a highly unusual way for a fossil to form.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm2utbta5000f3b6mulk7hjh5@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"YN-Gold-Bug-Fossil-3Dscan_rotated.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5813953488372093\" data-original-height=\"1650\" data-original-width=\"2838\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/yn-gold-bug-fossil-3dscan-rotated.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1650\" width=\"2838\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/yn-gold-bug-fossil-3dscan-rotated.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1650\" width=\"2838\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/yn-gold-bug-fossil-3dscan-rotated.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1650\" width=\"2838\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/yn-gold-bug-fossil-3dscan-rotated.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1650\" width=\"2838\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/yn-gold-bug-fossil-3dscan-rotated.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/yn-gold-bug-fossil-3dscan-rotated.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"The species, which belongs to an extinct group called megacheira, was named after arthropod expert Greg Edgecombe.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1650\" width=\"2838\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2upkdrx0003356mm4v2yaco@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The fossil, one of five similar specimens described in a paper published Tuesday in the journal <a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cub.2024.10.013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Current Biology,<\/a> was found in a fossil-rich area near Rome in central New York state, known as Beecher\u2019s Bed.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2upkdrx0004356mw9ey9c0s@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Lead study author Luke Parry began examining the fossils when he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Yale Peabody Museum, where three of the specimens were held. A collector donated two other specimens to Yu Liu, a coauthor and professor of paleobiology at Yunnan University in China. They are now also part of the Peabody collection.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2upkdrx0005356migh4jg7p@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Because pyrite is so dense, Parry was able to scan the fossil using computed tomography to reveal hidden details of its anatomy. The discovery sheds light on why arthropods evolved appendages protruding out of their heads.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2upkdrx0006356mjj386b1t@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI was pretty blown away by how well preserved they were and having worked on pyritised burrows before I knew that they would CT scan really well,\u201d Parry, now an associate professor of paleobiology at the University of Oxford, said via email. \u201cPreservation in pyrite of this kind is extremely rare. In the last half a billion years there are only a handful of examples of places where this occurs.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm2uk8lrm0004356ml8y0s7cu@published\" class=\"image portrait image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"Figure-1.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"1.3603333333333334\" data-original-height=\"4081\" data-original-width=\"3000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/figure-1.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"4081\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/figure-1.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"4081\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/figure-1.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"4081\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/figure-1.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"4081\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/figure-1.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/figure-1.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"The specimen was preserved in pyrite, or fool's gold, making it easy to produce 3D models of the fossil using CT scans. Credits: Luke Parry\/Yu Liu\/Ruixin Ran (3D models).\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"4081\" width=\"3000\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2upnygh0009356ms7nfjf1u@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Lomankus is an extraordinary find, said Steve Brusatte, a professor of paleontology and evolution at the University of Edinburgh\u2019s School of GeoSciences.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2upnygh000a356mk1f169b9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Brusatte, who was not involved in the study, said it was \u201cone of the most visually stunning fossils I\u2019ve ever seen. It sparkles like gold and looks like it belongs in an art museum.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2upnygh000b356m9oaftvhz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe fool\u2019s gold shows fine details of many of the parts of this arthropod\u2019s body, including the little wispy sensory structures sticking off of its head,\u201d he said. \u201cNormally such delicate, gossamer things would be obliterated once an animal died and was buried, but here the fool\u2019s gold locked them into stone.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2upnygh000c356maqokcdc8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The species, which belongs to an extinct group called megacheira, was named after arthropod expert Greg Edgecombe, a merit researcher at London\u2019s Natural History Museum.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2upnygh000d356mxwoopcr4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Other megacheirans used their appendages to capture prey. Lomankus, which had no eyes, likely used the appendages to sense the ocean sediment environment in which it lived, according to the study.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2upnygh000e356mtszy1gau@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The arrangement of features on the species\u2019 head was similar to that of living arthropods, which means its appendages are the ancient equivalent of insect antennae or the mouthparts of scorpions or spiders, Parry said.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm2uk95t50009356m8oe22xou@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"Figure-2.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.268\" data-original-height=\"804\" data-original-width=\"3000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/figure-2-20241028181716104.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"804\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/figure-2-20241028181716104.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"804\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/figure-2-20241028181716104.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"804\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/figure-2-20241028181716104.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"804\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/figure-2-20241028181716104.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/figure-2-20241028181716104.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"The fossilized head of Lomankus edgecombei, left, and a 3D model of the same specimen rotated so that the underside is visible.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"804\" width=\"3000\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2unvv8h0000356mcwrn95ax@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Today, there are more known species of arthropod than any other group of animals on Earth. Parry said their adaptable head and appendages, which he described as a \u201cbiological Swiss army knife,\u201d were one reason why the group had thrived for so long.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2upojwe000k356mo1b86ksw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cSometimes we see fossils preserved as opals or quartz crystals, or in this case, fool\u2019s gold,\u201d Brusatte said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2upojwe000l356m545aj1w0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt\u2019s remarkable, like the whole body of this little arthropod has turned into a golden piece of jewelry,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd that makes the fossil not only beautiful, but scientifically important.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/29\/science\/fools-gold-fossil-arthropod\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up for CNN\u2019s Wonder Theory science newsletter.\u00a0Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. 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