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Archaeologists Just Dug Up a Tiny 3/4-Inch Fossil. It May Be a Major Missing Link in Our Evolution.

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The Nuucichthys rhynchocephalus fossil was found in Utah 's Drumian Marjum Formation .

Harvard paleontologists Rudy Lerosey-Aubril and Javier Ortega-Hernández believe it is the first soft-bodied vertebrate from North America’s dino fossil-rich Great Basin .

The fossil shows the evolution of animal life during the Cambrian Explosion .