Fossil sea lily (IMAGE)

Field Museum

Fossil sea lily

Caption

The newly-discovered Athenacrinus broweri, a sea lily that lived 480 million years ago. The arrows drawn on the fossil point out some of its long, skinny arms.

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(c) Field Museum, Kate Golembiewski

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