125-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals 'Pregnant' Shellfish
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An international team of scientists has dug up in the Isle of Wight, in the UK, the oldest fossil testimony known to date about maternal care in bivalve molluscs, as published in Scientific Reports magazine. The finding, dating from the lower Cretaceous, reveals that these animals already protected and incubated their animals [...]
125-million-year-old fossil reveals ‘pregnant’ shellfish
125-million-year-old fossil reveals ‘pregnant’ shellfish wagstafs Mon, 22/06/2026 - 12:01 Rare fossil from the Isle of Wight provides the oldest known evidence of shellfish caring for their young during the age of dinosaurs 22 June 2026 6 minute read A new discovery from the Isle of Wight reveals fossilised embryos preserved within the gills of ancient freshwater molluscs with two shells, known as bivalves The embryos show that these anima…
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