Waptia illustration, brooding individual carrying eggs under her carapace
Waptia illustration, brooding individual

Oldest fossilized embryos and oldest evidence of brood care

Paleontologists Jean-Bernard Caron and Jean Vannier have recently examined specimens of Wapta fieldensis and revealed a parent carrying eggs with preserved embryos. Read the media release by Earth Magazine here.

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