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Detailed explanation-1: -A tiny shrimp-like fossil which is thought to be around 430 million-years-old has been discovered. Researchers found the creature preserved in ancient volcanic rock, and decided to name it after their favourite naturalist Sir David Attenborough.

Detailed explanation-2: -The newly described fossil of this organism, named Auroralumina attenboroughii after naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough, is between 556 million and 562 million years old and may be the oldest example of an evolutionary group still living today.

Detailed explanation-3: -And this very special crustacean received a very special moniker. As Amina Khan reports for the Los Angeles Times, scientists named the fossil after British naturalist Sir David Attenborough. Dubbed Cascolus ravitis, the creature’s name is a bit of playful nomenclature.

Detailed explanation-4: -It was found in Charnwood Forest near Leicester, where the broadcaster actually used to go fossil hunting as a schoolboy. Specialists spent more than a week cleaning a 100 square-metre rock surface with toothbrushes and pressure jets back in 2007, which led to the discovery of more than 1, 000 fossils.