NEW FOSSIL PHOTOS: "Graceful Weasel," Jewel Bug, More
Friday, August 21, 2009 - 17:42
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A long-legged mammal, a sharp-toothed rodent, and an iridescent beetle are among the more than 6,500 fossils recently unearthed in Germany's Messel Pit, where creatures trapped in 47-million-year-old shale have been helping scientists better understand life during the Eocene epoch.