An international research team led by Chinese scientists has discovered the oldest known body fossils of annelids, extending ...

Find out more about Body Fossils and Trace Fossils. Fossils can be categorized in two basic types: body fossils and trace fossils. Body fossils help scientists learn what plants and animals looked ...

KUNMING -- Chinese scientists have discovered well-preserved multicellular animal fossils in Ediacaran strata of eastern Yunnan, indicating that complex animal communities existed in oceans long ...

A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified a fossil acanthocephalan, Juracanthocephalus, from the 160-million-year-old ...

The fossil leech compared with a modern leech. Double arrows indicate the large caudal sucker used for attachment, single arrows indicate body annulations. A newly described fossil reveals that ...

A fossil assemblage from Yunnan province in southwest China is reshaping scientific understanding of how animal life graduated from simple, soft-bodied forms to the complex body plans that dominate ...

Researchers took a closer look at fossilized footprints—including these cat-like tracks—found at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon. National Park Service Between 29 million and 50 ...

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