Paleontologist Luke Parry told Newsweek that the fossils, originally found in New York, are an 'extremely rare' find.
Paleontologists have revealed a 'remarkable' prehistoric creature that has been 'spectacularly preserved' by fool's gold—a common name for a substance called iron pyrite.The newly identified species, named Lomankus edgecombei, lived around 450 million years ago, a study published in the journal Current Biology reports.'There are lots of types of exceptional preservation, but preservation in pyrite of this kind is extremely rare.
If pyrite hadn't replaced all of these soft parts, then they would have decayed away, and we would have no fossils at all.''Pyrite forms today through the action of sulfate-reducing bacteria that break down organic material in the absence of oxygen and produce hydrogen sulfide. This can then react with iron to form pyrite, which is iron sulfide. So, to form pyrite, you need organic material, iron, and a lack of oxygen.
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