New Old Fossil from Charnwood 

I have just come across THIS ARTICLE on the BBC web site. It tells us of a new fossil found in the Charnwood Forest, near Leicester. It is Auroralumina attenboroughii, named after Sir David. The creature is thought to be a cnidaria - a group which includes corals, jellyfish and sea anemones. And may be the earliest predator found.

It was found as a result of a big cleaning operation of a quarry rock face. Charnwood was where the first Pre-Cambrian fossils were identified in the 1950's. (Fossils had been found in the Ediacaran Hills of Australia earler but the age of the rocks was not known at the time.)

The original article can be found HERE. The BBC article gives a very good and readable introduction to the find.

The fossil surrounded by other Ediacaran species