Zircon Grains (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Zircon Grains

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These are examples of zircon grains used in a University of Texas at Austin study that showed the animal thought to be the oldest land-based air breather is younger than thought. Grain numbers and ages are indicated by the numbers.

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University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences

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