The Fossil Fireworm <em>Rollinschaeta myoplena</em> (IMAGE)
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The fossil fireworm <em>Rollinschaeta myoplena</em> is from the Cretaceous of Lebanon, preserving muscle tissue, which fluoresce white under UV light. Researchers from the University of Bristol, UK, who discovered this muscly creature named it after the frontman of punk band Black Flag, Henry Rollins.
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Luke Parry/University of Bristol
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