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Fossil Belongs to Oldest Known Land Creature

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January 31, 2004|From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Scientists revealed that a fossilized millipede found in Britain is the remains of the oldest known creature to have lived on land.

The tiny fossil was found near Aberdeen in eastern Scotland and is about 420 million years old. It was found by Aberdeen bus driver and fossil hunter Mike Newman.


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The fossil, named Pneumodesmus newmani, was reported in the latest edition of the American Journal of Paleontology.

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