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chocolate brittle star

Ophioderma cinereum

Classification

Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 13United States of America · 3Mexico · 2Cuba · 1