Virginia Tech: Skeleton and a Shell? Ancient Fossil Finally Finds Home on the Tree of Life
October 14, 2025
October 14, 2025
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 14 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
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A skeleton and a shell? Ancient fossil finally finds home on the tree of life
Picky, pragmatic, and enigmatic -- a tiny fossil found in Southwestern Virginia eluded classification for more than 514 million years. Now, Virginia Tech geoscientists have restored this unique organism into its evolutionary lineage.
By Kelly Izlar
Skeleton season may be just . . .
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A skeleton and a shell? Ancient fossil finally finds home on the tree of life
Picky, pragmatic, and enigmatic -- a tiny fossil found in Southwestern Virginia eluded classification for more than 514 million years. Now, Virginia Tech geoscientists have restored this unique organism into its evolutionary lineage.
By Kelly Izlar
Skeleton season may be just . . .