(IMAGE) Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz Caption Approximately 300 million year-old fossilized bones from the dorsal fin of a supposedly herbivorous edaphosaur discovered in the Late Carboniferous Remigiusberg Formation near Kusel in Rhineland-Palatinate together with an artist's reconstruction of how the animal might have appeared when alive. Credit photo/©: Urweltmuseum GEOSKOP, Burg Lichtenberg (Pfalz) Usage Restrictions This image may only be used in connection with the press release "Paleontologist Thomas Tütken receives ERC Consolidator Grant", issued by Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz on Feb. 17, 2016. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.