Embedded in mudstones.

PositionSCIENCE SCENE - Fuxianhuia protensa - Brief article

Embedded in mudstones deposited during the Cambrian Period 520,000,000 years ago in what today is the Yunnan Province n China, a three-inch-long fossil. which belongs to the species Fuxianhuia protensa, represents an extinct lineage of arthropods combining an advanced brain anatomy with a primitive body plan. The fossil provides a "missing link" that sheds light on the...

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