James Harden posted an update in the group Animal 3 years, 10 months ago
The Fossil Of The Earliest Known Land Animal, 425 Myrs Old, May Has Been Discovered In Scotland. The Fossil, Called Kampecaris Obanensis (KO), About 2.5cm Long, Resembles Modern Day Millipedes, Though Not Ancestral. KO May Be The Oldest Animal From Fossil Records, But The Living Soil Warm Are Believed To Be Older, 450 Myrs Old, Than It.
A fossilized millipede-like creature discovered in Scotland may represent the oldest-known land animal, a humble pioneer of terrestrial living 425 million years ago that helped pave the way for the throngs that would eventually inhabit Earth’s dry parts.