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New treasure trove of Cambrian soft-bodied fossils found in China


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Half the species in a new Cambrian fossil site are completely new to us

John Timmer, Ars Technica, March 21, 2019

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/03/spectacular-trove-of-cambrian-fossils-uncovered-in-china/

 

Unknown species found in new treasure trove of fossils found in China 

Ashley Strickland, CNN  News, March 21, 2018

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/21/world/china-new-fossils-qingjiang-scn/index.html

 

Scientists Find Huge Trove of Marine Fossils from the 'Cambrian 

Explosion' in China, Ryan F. Mandelbaum, Gizmodo, March 21, 2019

https://gizmodo.com/scientists-find-huge-trove-of-marine-fossils-from-the-c-1833469727

 

The paper is;

 

Fu, D, Tong, G., et al., 2019, The Qingjiang biota—A Burgess

Shale–type fossil Lagerstätte from the early Cambrian of South China

Science  22 Mar 2019: Vol. 363, Issue 6433, pp. 1338-1342

DOI: 10.1126/science.aau8800

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6433/1338.full

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

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Here are the figures from:

 

Fu, D., Tong, G., Dai, T., Liu, W., Yang, Y., Zhang, Y., Cui, L., Li, L., Yun, H., Wu, Y., Sun, Y., Liu, C., Pei, W., Gaines, R.R., Zhang, X. 2019

The Qingjiang biota—A Burgess Shale–type fossil Lagerstätte from the early Cambrian of South China.

Science, 363:1338-1342

 

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Great Googly Moogly!
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>Paleontology is an evolving science.

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Wow.. thank you for the update!  That's gotta be the nicest Leanchoilia I've ever seen...  I'm excited to see what new alien forms of life they find there ~

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That's awesome. The preservation is so much like the actual Burgess Shale, and completely different than that of all other early Cambrian deposits in China. Hopefully this will allow taxonomic resolution of a bunch the enigmatic forms of the Chengjiang biota. If anyone has access to the article, I would very much appreciate a copy!

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