This discovery, which is a 700 million passed fossil, was examined from 2007. Many estimates that this fossil has the longest history to have mineral coat in its body.
Researchers from Harvard University found the appearance of fossil covered with sharp plates, which were 20 microns wide, by using scanning electron microscopy, with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Researchers have researched the reason of the requirement of a simple organism. As an example, complicated exoskeleton. A MIT researcher ,Phobe Cohen said “It takes a lot of effort, energy and just sheer biomass to create these".
Some says that the scales might be used as a tool for defensing theirselves. "It's a good possibility that these fossil plates functioned in defense against predators," said the professor of California University, Susannah Porter.
I am very surprised about the fact that there is a fossil of a snail.
I only thought about the image of snail in the animation cartoon, of the image of
snails with big eyes, and covered with cute colors. I hope many scientists found many fossils from
long time ago's history, to develop the study of science of past.
I am very surprised about the fact that there is a fossil of a snail.
I only thought about the image of snail in the animation cartoon, of the image of
snails with big eyes, and covered with cute colors. I hope many scientists found many fossils from
long time ago's history, to develop the study of science of past.
Anonymous "Ancient armored fossil discovered " (Online), June 6, 2011
(visited February 15, 2012)
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