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India's oldest art gallery overlooked for fossil in Bhimbetka caves?


India’s oldest art gallery overlooked for fossil in Bhimbetka caves?
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Published: Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 12:30 [IST]
Bhopal, Feb 10: Eleven feet up on the wall of an area called Auditorium Cave at Bhimbetka Rock Shelter near Bhopal, a group of geologists on a cultural visit has spotted a pattern that looks like an imprint of Dickinsonia.
Bhimbetka Rock Shelters, a UNESCO World Heritage Site for Paleolithic and Mesolithic cave art, near Bhopal is located in the capital of the central state of Madhya Pradesh.
Dickinsonia is a well-known fossil dating back 550 million years to the initial years of complex life on Earth. ....

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India's First Fossil Of Earth's Oldest Animal Found In Bhimbetka By Geological Survey Of India


India’s First Fossil Of Earth’s Oldest Animal Found In Bhimbetka By Geological Survey Of India
Source: Navbharat Times
Researchers believe that they have unearthed India’s first fossil of Dickinsonia, which is considered to be Earth’s oldest animal that roamed the planet 570 million years ago.
The rare remnants have been discovered at the Bhimbetka rock shelters on the roof of the ‘Auditorium Cave’,
Times of India reports. It is reportedly one of the rarest fossils in the world.
The fossils were found by two experts belonging to the Geological Survey of India (GSI) whilst they were on a sightseeing tour for the 36th International Geological Congress. ....

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One of the rarest fossils in the world discovered in MP Dickinsonia: India's only fossil of world's oldest animal discovered in Madhya Pradesh


The February edition of Gondwana Research, an international journal, has published the study by the researchers.
Discovered: India s only fossil of world s oldest animal  |  Photo Credit: BCCL
Dickinsonia, one of the rarest fossils in the world, has been discovered in Madhya Pradesh s Bhimbetka rock shelters, about 40 kms away from the city of Bhopal.
Dickinsonia is an extinct genus of a basal animal that lived during the late Ediacaran period. The fossils are known only in the form of imprints and casts in sandstone beds.
Researchers believe they have found Dickinsonia that dates back 570 million years on the roof of the Auditorium Cave at Bhimbetka. ....

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Discovered in Bhimbetka, India's lone fossil of world's oldest animal


Discovered in Bhimbetka, India’s lone fossil of world’s oldest animal
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Researchers believe they have found the first-ever fossil in India of a Dickinsonia the Earth’s ‘oldest animal’, dating back 570 million years on the roof of what’s called the ‘Auditorium Cave’ at Bhimbetka.
Two experts from Geological Survey of India, on a sightseeing tour of Bhimbetka, found imprints of the Dickinsonia (Earth’s ‘oldest animal’ dating back 570 million years) on the roof of ‘Auditorium Cave’
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on Feb 10, 2021)BHOPAL: Hidden in plain sight, one of the rarest fossils in the world may have been discovered in the fascinating Bhimbetka rock shelters, a Unesco site about 40km from Bhopal. ....

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