Ordovician Fossil Find Fills Gaps In Evolution

A team of Yale paleontologists have discovered a rich array of exceptionally preserved fossils of marine animals in Morocco that lived during the the early part of the Ordovician, between 480 million and 472 million years ago. The specimens are the oldest yet discovered soft-bodied fossils from a period marked by intense biodiversification. The findings, which appear in Nature, greatly expand scientists' understanding of the sea creatures and ecosystems that existed at a crucial point in evolutionary history, when most of the animal life on the planet was found in the oceans. read more

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