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Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology[a] or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossils to classify organisms and study their interactions with each other and their environments (their /c/paleoecology. Read more...

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Really cool on how well preserved this one is. Looking forward to learning more about this spider.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some afterthoughts... I guess you'd expect a large fossil spider to be found in Australia, right... Still, cool news and the fossil photos are nice.