Reef builders A 548-million-year-old reef in central Namibia is the earliest known ecosystem built by hard bodied animals, according to a new study. The research led by Dr Amelia Penny and Professor ...

An ancient reef that once teemed with primitive sea life has been unearthed in Africa. The reef, which dates to 548 million years ago, is the oldest animal-built reef ever found. The coral-like ...

Using 3D digital models, researchers report that Cloudina, once purported to be architects of Earth's first animal reefs, were soft organisms that drifted into the crevices of ancient microbial ...

In the '80s, researchers found the first fossils of Cloudina in Spain, a small fossil of tubular appearance and one of the first animals that developed an external skeleton between 550 and 543 million ...

A sea creature that looked like a stack of tiny ice cream cones has given researchers new insight into the dawn of animal life on Earth. Scottish researchers said they have found fossils of the oldest ...

Tiny microscopic creatures created a reef 548 million years ago, and this ancient structure is the oldest-known feature of its kind in the world. Constructions like these are similar to modern coral ...

For much of life’s reign on Earth, organisms got by without skeletons. But since that innovation evolved about 550 million years ago, there’s been an evolutionary arms race of epic proportions. One of ...

Data Source NMNH - Paleobiology Dept. http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3da895fbf-7145-435c-866b-9b219b189fc6 nmnhpaleobiology_3585632 NMNHPALEO CLOUDINA HARTMANNAE GERMS ...

With an industrial grinder and some creative additions, geoscientists can transform rocks into three-dimensional digital landscapes that scientists can examine from any angle. Have you ever wished you ...