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Mistaken fossil rewrites history of Indian subcontinent for second time - Phys.org

Mistaken fossil rewrites history of Indian subcontinent for second time - Phys.org

Mistaken fossil rewrites history of Indian subcontinent for second time - Phys.org
Feb 01, 2023 50 secs

What at first looked like a Dickinsonia fossil (on the left) had decayed and started peeling off the rock in just a few short years (on the right), a sign it was something much more modern.

The animal lived 550 million years ago, and the find seemed to settle once and for all the surprisingly controversial age of the rocks making up much of the Indian subcontinent.

What's more, giant bee's nests populate the site, and the mark spotted by the scientists in 2020 closely resembled the remains of these large hives.

Meert collaborated on the investigation with his graduate students Samuel Kwafo and Ananya Singha and University of Rajasthan professor Manoj Pandit.

Gregory Retallack, professor emeritus at the University of Oregon and lead author of the original paper, says he and his co-authors agree with Meert's findings that the object is really just a beehive.

More information: Joseph G. Meert et al, Stinging News: 'Dickinsonia' discovered in the Upper Vindhyan of India not worth the buzz, Gondwana Research(2023).

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