Though the area receives about of precipitation on average per year, alone it is not enough to support the abundant animal and plant life.

Lipostraca contains a single species, Lepidocaris rhyniensis, which is the most abundant animal in the Rhynie chert desposits.

They would go back to their sites and find that once abundant animals were gone or greatly diminished in number.

Ophiuroids and goose barnacles are the most abundant animal found on the seamount, as is Asteroshchema sp., a basket star.

It is the only species known from the order Lipostraca, and is the only abundant animal in the Rhynie chert deposits.

Lepidocaris is the only abundant animal in the deposits, and is likely to be responsible for many of the frequent coprolites found in the rocks.

In our samples, we found abundant dead animals.

Rodents are also numerous across Britain and England, particularly the brown rat which is by far the most abundant urban animal after humans.

In Ecuador, E. rathbunae is one of the most abundant animals to surf the swash, together with the sea snail Olivella semistriata.

Rodents are also numerous across Britain, particularly the Brown Rat which is by far the most abundant urban animal after humans.