29 May 2026 EN sci-news ✎ édité manuellement

490-Million-Year-Old Arthropod Fossil Fills Puzzling Gap in Fossil Record

Canada Cambrian Furongian fossil specimen new species

A new species of corcoraniid arthropod that lived during the Furongian epoch, between 497 and 487 million years ago, has been identified from an exceptionally preserved specimen found near Québec, Canada. The post 490-Million-Year-Old Arthropod Fossil Fills Puzzling Gap in Fossil Record appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

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Scientific reference

R.D.C. Bicknell et al. 2026. New exceptionally preserved arthropod from the Furongian of Canada. BMC Biol 24, 119

DOI: 10.1186/s12915-026-02617-4 ↗

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