{
  "id": 28627,
  "title": "520-Million-Year-Old Fossil from China Fills Gap in Evolutionary History of Cephalopods",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/30/520-million-year-old-fossil-from-china-fills-gap-in-evolutionary",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-07-30T19:25:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sci.News",
    "slug": "sci-news",
    "url": "https://www.sci.news/paleontology/eoceras-shaanxiense-14958.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Paleontologists have identified the earliest-known cephalopod equipped with a siphuncle -- a tubular extension of the mantle found in shelled cephalopods -- pushing back the fossil record of this key evolutionary feature to the Early Cambrian, roughly 520 million years ago. The post 520-Million-Year-Old Fossil from China Fills Gap in Evolutionary History of Cephalopods appeared first on Sci.News:…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}