Fossilized Life Forms Discovered on a MeteoriteBy: Permian Museum 
First Step "Microscopic surface review of a carbonaceous chondrite revealed it was packed with fossilized life forms. The photo gallery takes you on a tour of a planet that had 10 legged spiders with beaks, treeless fruit that grew directly from the ground, life forms that ate and accumulated metal as armor, and more," according to Mark Zamoyski, the book's author and museum's curator. "Elements are made by stars and scattered through space by Supernova explosions at 10% the speed of light (30,000 km/sec). Planets that get clobbered by a glob of Supernova ejecta can have chunks of their own surface ejected into space to become part of the debris stream that is eventually accreted into asteroids. Pieces of those asteroids that eventually fall to earth are called Carbonaceous Chondrite meteorites." "This carbonaceous chondrite appears to be a chunk of one such planet, which arrived in our solar system some 4.5 Ba and eventually fell to earth around 250 - 300 Ma. It is the ultimate time capsule of what life looked like on a part of that planet," Mr. Zamoyski continued. "Photo 1 is your first step onto that planet. You will see metal fragments form the supernova explosion, calcium-aluminum inclusions (CAI) from condensing hot gas in our protoplanetary disk, and most importantly a view of the major food sources in that planet's ecosystem." The tour then takes you to see the life forms that lived in that ecosystem and how they interacted. "The level of preservation is indescribable. Photo 2 shows a orthocone-like life form being eaten alive by a rodent. This type of preservation does not just preserve the life forms, it captures the moment. The preservation may be supernova gamma ray burst related, as it is not the type of fossilization typically seen in a bone museum," Mr. Zamoyski concluded. The Permian Museum is a self-funded, non revenue generating project by author, and viewing the full photo gallery is free, without login, registration, or advertising, and can be viewed at: https://www.permianmuseum.com/# End
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