Tuesday 13 May 2014

Paleontologists discover new fossil organism

EARLY EARTH
Paleontologists discover new fossil organism
Riverside CA (SPX) May 13, 2014 - Scientists at the University of California, Riverside have discovered a fossil of a newly discovered organism from the "Ediacara Biota" - a group of organisms that occurred in the Ediacaran period of geologic time. Named Plexus ricei and resembling a curving tube, the organism resided on the Ediacaran seafloor. Plexus ricei individuals ranged in size from 5 to 80 centimeters long and 5 to ... more


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