A team led by scientists from The University of Texas at Austin has unveiled the first-ever Jurassic vertebrate fossils discovered in Texas, filling a significant gap in the state's fossil history. These ancient bone remnants, found to be from the extremities and spine of a plesiosaur, offer a gl
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A team led by scientists at The University of Texas at Austin has filled a major gap in the state’s fossil record – describing the first known Jurassic vertebrate fossils in Texas. The weathered bone fragments are from the limbs and backbone of a plesiosaur, an extinct marine reptile.
A recent study by scientists at The University of Texas at Austin and collaborators found that many of the fossils from Germany’s Posidonia shale do not get their gleam from pyrite, commonly known as fool’s gold, which was long thought to be the source of the shine. Instead, the golden hue is from a mix of minerals that hints at the conditions in which the fossils formed. The discovery is important for understanding how the fossils which are among the world’s best-preserved specimens of sea life from the Early Jurassic came to form in the first place, and the role that oxygen in the environment had in their formation.