Jurassic 'shrimp' alive and well

[Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>]

Jurassic 'shrimp' alive and well
Alister Doyle - Reuters 


A Jurassic 'shrimp' thought extinct 50 million years ago has been found in 
Australian waters, a census of marine life shows. 

Neoglyphea neocaledonica, found on an underwater peak in the Coral Sea, is 
the oldest marine organism listed in the 2006 Census of Marine Life, a 
global effort involving 70 nations. 

The census, which is due for completion in 2010, also found marine creatures 
thriving by a record hot volcanic vent in the Atlantic and in dark waters 
under thick Antarctic ice... 

Read more at:
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2006/1808557.htm 

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Don't ask me how a 50 million-year-old species can be considered 'Jurassic' 
though - unless it existed for 100 million years before it's 'greatly 
exaggerated' extinction. 

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Dann Pigdon
GIS / Archaeologist         http://www.geocities.com/dannsdinosaurs
Melbourne, Australia        http://heretichides.soffiles.com
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