Jenny Clack, Emeritus Professor at the University of Cambridge and a renowned paleontologist, recently worked on a multi-authored scientific paper about five new tetrapod fossils, one of which was only discovered through 3D scanning. "Tiny," or Aytonerpeton microps, is encased in a chunk of black rock and comes from a time in the 'rock record' that has traditionally not produced many fossils, called the Romer's Gap. Without 3D scanning and printing, researchers may never have discovered Tiny. Fossils like Tiny are extremely important - they help us learn about the "diversity of life on Earth over 345 million years ago," and that the Romer's Gap might be nothing more than an incorrect theory. Read more at 3DPrint.com: https://3dprint.com/161581/3d-scanning-tetrapod-fossil/