An ancient shellfish not seen for 425 million years is recreated in vivid 3D images published today, following a unique fossil find in the UK. The 'articulate brachiopod' fossil, found in a quarry in ...
Left, Devonian brachiopod fossils from Ohio, USA. Credit: ‘Daderot’ (Wikimedia Commons; Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication). Right, recent bivalve shells from shell beach, ...
The findings, published today in Nature Ecology & Evolution, sheds light on some core principles of the evolution of modern biodiversity. In current oceans, molluscs such as clams, oysters, and snails ...