Limestone containing an 8 cm fossilized meteorite (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Limestone containing an 8 cm fossilized meteorite

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Limestone containing an 8 cm fossilized meteorite that fell on the seafloor 470 million years ago, and a fossil octopus shell.

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Image credit: Birger Schmitz.

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