Discovery of 500 million years ago fossils found in Madhya Pradesh, India.

 

Fossils are the preserved remains, or remnants of remains, of ancient animals. Fossils are not the organism's traces! They're solid stone. A fossil may retain a whole organism or only a portion of one. Fossils may be formed from bones, shells, feathers, and leaves.

Bhopal: Bhimbetka is a world-famous village in Raen district, about 45 kilometres from Bhopal, the state capital of Madhya Pradesh. This ancient site's caves had ancient murals.

This Unesco-protected site is synonymous with the Stone Age. A dickinsonia fossil discovered in Madhya Pradesh that is about 570 million years old. The research was carried out jointly by Paleontologists(people who study fossils) at the university at

Witwatsland in Johannesburg , south Africa, led by Gregory Ritalak, a researcher at university of Oregon in the united states, and experts from geological survey of India.

From fossils it appears that this creature is seventeen (17) inches of the length. This organism is seen as a link in the evolutionary stages of life. These fossils have been found at Bhimbetka’s ‘Auditorium” cave.

It was covered in sand. Leaf like structure. This organism was one of the earliest multicellular organisms

Geological Survey of India’s Bhopal in-charge Tapan Pal, who had come to visit the site, told The Hindu that they were the only such fossils available in the country, and were similar to those seen in south Australia.

Such fossils provide evidence that this organism or animals once existed in the universe. Paleontologist does an excellent job in assisting in the discovery of such fossils.

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