# Paleontologists discover “one-in-a-million” fossil with 450-million-year-old soft tissue

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1 outlet covering · First listed: ScienceDaily, Nov 10, 2026, 6:16 AM · Read it: <https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/11/261105085201.htm>

Scientists have discovered a remarkably preserved 450-million-year-old fossil containing soft tissues from an ancient starfish relative, revealing unexpected details about marine life more than 200 million years before dinosaurs existed. Found in a museum collection, the extraordinarily rare specimen offers new clues about how Earth's earliest reef animals fed, survived, and evolved.

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- Nov 10, 2026, 6:16 AM: [Paleontologists discover “one-in-a-million” fossil with 450-million-year-old soft tissue](<https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/11/261105085201.htm>) — ScienceDaily (Science news, United States)
  Scientists have discovered a remarkably preserved 450-million-year-old fossil containing soft tissues from an ancient starfish relative, revealing unexpected details about marine life more than 200 million years before dinosaurs existed. Found in a museum collection, the extraordinarily rare specimen offers new clues about how Earth's earliest reef animals fed, survived, and evolved.
