Monday, 10 January 2022

Horseshoe crab fossilized brain lasts millions of years




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mage courtesy of Russell Bicknell. 


Joel Kontinen

The horseshoe crab that was found at Mazon Creek in Illinois. The brain fossil is believed to be around 310 million years old, making it one of the oldest of its kind ever discovered.

Russell Bicknell, the leading author of this find, said that the chances of finding a fossilized rain are "one in a million."

Yes, according to the evolutionary timescale. But in the creationists, it is just normal. The animal probably died during the Flood of Noah’s days.  

Source:

Baker Harry. 2021.  10 coolest non-dinosaur fossils unearthed in 2021, ancient arachnid brain. Live Science 29 December.