@Perry
“New, exceptionally preserved specimens of the weakly sclerotized arthropod Waptia fieldensis from the middle Cambrian (ca. 508 million years ago) Burgess Shale, Canada, provide the oldest example of in situ eggs with preserved embryos in the fossil record,” the researchers wrote in a report published earlier this month in the journal “Current Biology.”
Great post again Perry. I found the article very interesting. Yet more evidence in support of evolution, basically science is charting the steady transition from less involved parenting styles to brooding behaviours in arthropods.
This new study looks at some fossilized eggs found in Waptia fieldensis, a smaller clutch size and larger eggs suggests a higher investment in brood care; this is then compared to other arthropods in the Cambrian which demonstrates the development in behaviour and the possible requirement for evolutionary development of the carapace.
I am not sure as to your point in the OP? Are you attempting to suggest that the study as uncovered 'viable' embryos? Are you attempting to suggest that the fossilization of small delicate objects such as 'eggs' is impossible?
It seems to me you have missed the point of the article altogether. Have you disregarded the science in the paper entirely?