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500-Million-Year-Old ‘Alien Fish Taco’ Was among First …
Jul 23, 2024 · A bizarre fossil of a Cambrian creature that looked like an “alien fish taco” reveals how a single group with jaws came to account for around 90 percent of all animal species on Earth.
Meet this 500 million-year-old, taco-shaped marine creature
Jul 23, 2024 · Called Odaraia alata, this strange-looking critter lived in Earth's earliest oceans at a time when there was a burst of life on the planet, often referred to as the Cambrian explosion.
Ancient swimming ‘taco’ had ‘bug jaws,’ new fossils show
Jul 30, 2024 · CNN — An ancient buglike sea creature with a fan-shaped tail and a carapace that wrapped around its body swam upside down and looked like a taco — but this taco could bite …
'Always Baffled Us': Mystery of Taco-Shaped Creature Solved After …
Jul 24, 2024 · The roughly 8-inch-long animal, known as Odaraia alata, was first described all the way back in 1912 based on remains found in the Burgess Shale —a renowned fossil-bearing …
Odaraia alata - The Burgess Shale
Odaraia alata (USNM 57722) – Lectotype. Complete specimen enclosed in the bivalved carapace with tail to the left. Specimen length = 128 mm. Specimen dry – polarized light. Walcott Quarry. © SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION – …
Odaraia - Wikipedia
Odaraia is a genus of bivalved arthropod from the Middle Cambrian. Its fossils, which reach 15 centimetres (5.9 in) in length, [1] have been found in the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, …
Secrets Emerge From a Fossil’s Taco Shell-Like Cover
Jul 23, 2024 · That creature, the arthropod Odaraia alata, roamed the shallow seas of the middle Cambrian Period approximately 508 million years ago. Sometimes compared by scientists to …
Taco-Shaped Mandibulate Lived in Cambrian Burgess …
Jul 25, 2024 · An early mandibulate called Odaraia alata is one of the largest Cambrian arthropods at nearly 20 cm (7.9 inches) in length. First described in 1912, this enigmatic species is characterized by its unique tubular carapace …
Taco-shaped arthropod from Royal Ontario Muse | EurekAlert!
Jul 23, 2024 · A new study, led by palaeontologists at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is helping resolve the evolution and ecology of Odaraia, a taco-shaped marine animal that lived …
The arthropod Odaraia alata Walcott, Middle Cambrian, Burgess …
Abstract. This, the first detailed description, interpretation and reconstruction of Odaraia alata, is based on all 29 known specimens. These include material of Eurysaces pielus Simonetta and …
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