Ancient relative of crabs, shrimps and lobsters is named in honor of David Attenborough

Tuesday, March 21, 2017 - 19:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Scientists have discovered the fossil remains of a 430-million-year-old crustacean previously unknown to science – a proto-shrimp that they’re naming in honor of British naturalist and television personality David Attenborough. The new species, described in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, could...

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