CT Scan (IMAGE)

West Virginia University

CT Scan

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Through computed tomography (CT) imaging, WVU geologist James Lamsdell led a team that found evidence of air breathing in a 340 million-year-old sea scorpion, or eurypterid. This is one of the scans of the specimen.

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James Lamsdell

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