"Fossils" compared (IMAGE)

University of Florida

"Fossils" compared

Caption

What at first looked like a Dickinsonia fossil (on the left) had decayed and started peeling off the rock in just a few short years (on the right), a sign it was something much more modern.

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Gregory Retallack/Joe Meert

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