Fossil discovery aids sinkhole researchers

By Zhao Xinying in Xi'an | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-06-23 13:37
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View from the bottom of a sinkhole in Hanzhong, Shaanxi province. [Zhao Jieyu for China Daily]

The single-celled organisms are cousins of the modern amoeba but had complex shells that were easily preserved as fossils.

The discovery will be important for research on the development of sinkhole group and on the primitive environment and geology of the region.

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