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08-02-2010, 10:15 AM #1
World's Oldest Living Species Found in Scotland
care2.com - The tadpole shrimp Triops cancriformis has been found in the Caerlaverock nature reserve in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It is considered to be possibly the oldest living species in the world, because it has remained nearly unchanged for an estimated 220 million years. (Another reference states tadpole shrimp may have been living for 300 million years.)
Scientist Larry Griffin who has studied the rare shrimp, said,
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