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Ancient chiton

Photo by: Troy Wood

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This fossil of a 335-million-year-old chiton (a kind of mollusc) comes from a fossil-rich rock bed in Indiana. The fossil shows that many features of modern chitons have not changed or, in any case, have not changed much.