The new species has been named lomankus edgecombei to honour Greg Edgecombe, an arthropod expert from the Natural History Museum in London, the BBC reports.

Named Lomankus edgecombei, the arthropod is a remarkably bright golden color because it’s preserved in three dimensions by iron pyrite — a mineral better known as fool’s gold. It’s a highly unusual ...

A new 450-million-year-old arthropod fossil, Lomankus edgecombei, has been uncovered in New York, revealing crucial evolutionary shifts in appendage function from predation to environmental sensing ...

The new fossil, named Lomankus edgecombei, after arthropod expert Greg Edgecombe of London's Natural History Museum, belongs to a group called megacheirans, an iconic group of arthropods with a large, ...

Want to read more? Check out our stories here. The new species was named Lomankus edgecombei, after researcher Gregory D. Edgecombe, according to the study.

Want to read more? Check out our stories here. The new species was named Lomankus edgecombei, after researcher Gregory D. Edgecombe, according to the study.