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Bizarre Tullimonstrum was primitive lamprey

Adam Khor · 2019-01-11 04:28:28

This strange fossil had baffled scientists for decades but usually was interpreted as some sort of invertebrate. Now it turns out to be a stem lamprey- with stalked eyes and a long toothed proboscis. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature16992

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11-01-2019 5:28am

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Adam Khor

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This strange fossil had baffled scientists for decades but usually was interpreted as some sort of invertebrate. Now it turns out to be a stem lamprey- with stalked eyes and a long toothed proboscis.

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature16992

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#2 12-01-2019 6:00pm
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The word 'gak' comes to mind. Mother Nature has proven herself to be amazingly inventive over the years, but I think that she outdid herself here by a couple of orders of magnitude.

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#3 18-01-2019 9:07pm
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A wee bit like opabinia from a distance in a certain light.

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