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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: "Daisy Chains" of Fossil Creatures Found in China


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A fossil chain of shrimplike marine organisms that lived around 525 million years ago has been unearthed in China, researchers reported in October 2008.

The 22 partial or complete chains represent a bizarre and previously unknown type of animal grouping that might be associated with migration, scientists say.

Photograph courtesy Derek Siveter