In 1984, an amateur paleontologist in Scotland found a remarkable specimen: a nearly complete fossil of what looked to be a ...

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His “2 Minute Geology” series and online lectures rack ... The thumbnail-sized crystals embedded in the basalt are made up of plagioclase feldspar, a common mineral, and are one of the tell ...

The fossils themselves are also rare ... The stone tools likely used for marrow extraction at the Pampore site were made with basalt, a type of rock not found in the local area.