One of Earth’s oldest animal fossils found in sheep field
- Posted on September 23, 2026
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One of Earth’s oldest animal fossils found in sheep field
Researchers discovered a 560-million-year-old fossil in a sheep field in the Norwegian Arctic, marking the first Charnia specimen ever found in Scandinavia. The fern-like marine animal lived during the Ediacaran Period and lacked a mouth or internal organs. Rapid burial by an ancient sediment slide exceptionally preserved the organism in 3D rather than a flat impression, revealing previously unseen anatomical details like sharp ridges along its...
