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Paleontologists have identified fossils of an ancient species of bug that spent the past 450 million years covered in fool's ...

Learn more about the time period that took place 488 to 443 million years ago. 3 min read During the Ordovician period, part of the Paleozoic era, a rich variety of marine life flourished in the ...

The conclusions come from patterns tracked by scientists that point to several meteorite impacts through geological records.

Paleontologists recently uncovered a striking golden fossil—encased in fool’s gold—scientifically known as iron pyrite, estimated to be 450 million years old. This ancient fossil belongs to a newly ...

A creature that scuttled along the seafloor 450 million years ago has been preserved in a rare and striking fossil that ...

Ordovician map: Laurentia in the Late Ordovician. The gray line shows the 6000 km long belt that the researchers interpreted as the position of the Equator some 450 million years ago.

Life in the Ordovician period looked very different from today. The land was barren and devoid of life, but the sea was teeming. Squids and sea anemones, which can be seen in the illustration ...