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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

'Earliest animal predator' named after David Attenborough

ASSOCIATED PRESS

A fossil of a 560-million-year-old creature, which researchers believe to be the first animal predator, has been named after the British naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough.

Scientists said Monday they believe the specimen, named Auroralumina attenboroughii, is the earliest creature known to have a skeleton. It is related to the group that includes corals, jellyfish and anemones, they say.

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