'Once-in-a generation' tardigrade fossil discovery reveals new species in 16-million-year-old amber

ScienceDaily
Oct 5, 2021, 7:10 pm185 pts
They've famously survived the vacuum of space, and even returned to life after being frozen for decades in Antarctic moss. But as hard as it is to kill the bizarre microscopic animal, the tardigrade, it's harder to find one fossilized. In fact, only two have ever been discovered and formally named -- until now.

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