Sea Creature Turns Up as Oldest Male Fossil

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Sea Creature Turns Up as Oldest Male Fossil, NPR
 









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				A computer recreation of a 425-million-year-old ostracode fossil.  
			
			
		

Scientists in England have come across an astonishingly well-preserved fossil of
a shrimp-like animal. They say what's amazing about it is that even its soft
body parts have been imprinted in rock for 425 million years. That makes it far
older than the dinosaurs.
In fact, its discoverers say it's so well preserved, they can even determine the
creature's gender -- it's a male. (&#133;)
Ostracodes are among the most successful animals on Earth, with 30,000 known
species of the crustacean, living and extinct.
Source: Sea Creature Turns Up as Oldest Male Fossil[
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1532554 ], NPR (Audio), 03/12/04

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