Australian Hunter Finds New 460 Million Year Old Arthropod

[Scylla]

Another fossil found by amateurs makes the news. 

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-28/citizen-scientist-finds-460-million-year-old-fossil/12397700

[Tidgy's Dad]

Yes, amateur collectors are always going to be important. 

Interesting find. 

Doctor Yates has a terrific first name, too. 

[JesseKoz]

Interesting find! Thanks for sharing.

 

I lived very close to this find and would visit a few sites in the Amadeus Basin but all my finds were Trilobits or Cephalopod. 

[Paleoworld-101]

A nice discovery, though admittedly the photo doesn't look like much/do it justice. 

[Oxytropidoceras]

20 hours ago, Paleoworld-101 said:

A nice discovery, though admittedly the photo doesn't look like much/do it justice. 

 

A better picture of the fossil is shown by SBS Italian at:

https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/audio/ep-118-rare-prehistoric-fossil-found-in-northern-territory

 

A video about this fossil is:

 

Citizen scientist makes major 460-million-year-old 

fossil find in the Northern Territory | ABC News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXO8rsaYCZo

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.