Paleontologists discover “one-in-a-million” fossil with 450-million-year-old soft tissue

Scientists have discovered a remarkably preserved 450-million-year-old fossil containing soft tissues from an ancient starfish relative, revealing unexpected details about marine life more than 200 million years before dinosaurs existed. Found in a museum collection, the extraordinarily rare specimen offers new clues about how Earth's earliest reef animals fed, survived, and evolved.

Nov 11, 2026 - 12:00
Paleontologists discover “one-in-a-million” fossil with 450-million-year-old soft tissue
Scientists have discovered a remarkably preserved 450-million-year-old fossil containing soft tissues from an ancient starfish relative, revealing unexpected details about marine life more than 200 million years before dinosaurs existed. Found in a museum collection, the extraordinarily rare specimen offers new clues about how Earth's earliest reef animals fed, survived, and evolved.

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