Detecting large amounts of mollusc bio-fossils

British scientists have discovered a large amount of mollusk fossils dating back about 500 million years ago in the area near Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa.

The new fossil is perfectly preserved, and can even distinguish muscles, eyes and other organs.

The scientist Gabor Sarah, of the University of Leicester, in charge of the excavation team, said that through the high resolution microscope, most of this mollusc creature is surrounded by mud.

The phenomenon is most likely due to the effects of antiquated wind, a number of mineral-rich clay has been " transported " to the ocean surface, thereby covering plankton and algae. sea.

Planktonic creatures covered with clay will sink to the sea floor and undergo geological impact for hundreds of millions of years, eventually forming fossil beds.