Million-Yr-Old Mollusk Fossils Emo and Punk Prove the Species Was Evolutionarily Rich and Diverse Punk and Emo shook paleontologists worldwide by changing everything they knew about the origin of ...

The fossils, dating from the Silurian period, were retrieved in Herefordshire and shed light on the mollusks’ complex evolutionary history and how they moved. Scientists say the discovery ...

which dates back to the middle of the Silurian period (about 420 million to 443 million years ago). The fossils were so fragile that the scientists couldn’t simply split the stones in half ...

The fossils dating from the Silurian period were retrieved from Herefordshire and shed light on the molluscs' complex evolutionary history and how they moved. The discovery challenges the ...

The Silurian period, which occurred approximately 443 ... has focused on the biostratigraphy of conodonts—tiny, tooth-like fossils that provide valuable insights into the timing and nature ...

found the mollusk fossils in Herefordshire, a county sandwiched between England and Wales. Home to countless geologic and archaeological finds from the mid-Silurian period (443 to 420 million ...

The initial radiation of vascular land plants, evidenced by increases in both diversity and morphological disparity during the Silurian and ... During this period, novel structures such as ...

Unearthed from stratum from the Silurian Period near Prague, the fossil is comprised of a furcate stem with a trumpet-shaped spore case at its end. Since it has no leaves, the species is believed ...