Scientists have unearthed a stunningly preserved arthropod, called a fuxhianhuiid, in a flipped position that reveals its feeding limbs and nervous system. Scientists have unearthed extraordinary preserved fossils of a 520-million-year-old sea creature, one of the earliest animal fossils ever found, according to a new study. The fossilized animal, an arthropod called a fuxhianhuiid, has primitive limbs under its head, as well as the earliest example of a nervous system that extended past the head.

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