310-million-year-old fossilized brain found (Mazon Creek, Illinois)

[Oxytropidoceras]

Perfectly preserved 310-million-year-old fossilized brain found

By Harry Baker, Live Science, July 28, 2021

 

Bicknell, R.D., Ortega-Hernández, J., Edgecombe, G.D., Gaines,

R.R. and Paterson, J.R., 2021. Central nervous system of a

310-my-old horseshoe crab: Expanding the taphonomic window

for nervous system preservation. Geology. Open access

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

[piranha]