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Bizarre Tullimonstrum was primitive lamprey

  • 11-01-2019 5:28am
    #1
    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
    tac foley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,500 ✭✭✭tac foley


    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.


  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
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    A wee bit like opabinia from a distance in a certain light.


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