Scientists Name Horseshoe Crab Fossil for David Attenborough

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By Olivia RosaneJul 1, 2021, 12:45 pm209 pts
By human standards, 95-year-old David Atteborough might be considered an "old fossil." But the beloved nature broadcaster is still a spring chicken compared to his new namesake. Researchers have identified a new species of horseshoe crab that lived around 200 million years ago, and named it Attenborolimulus…

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