Scientists finally explain Earth’s strangest fossils

Creatures without hard shells or bones, such as jellyfish, almost never survive in the fossil record. Preservation becomes even more difficult in sandstone, a rock made of coarse grains that allow water to pass through easily and typically forms in turbulent environments shaped by waves and storms. These conditions usually erase delicate biological remains long before they can fossilize.

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