Incredibly Rare 520-Million-Year-Old Worm Fossil Solves Ancient ...
Aug 2, 2024 · A recent study conducted by researchers at Durham University has unveiled an exceptionally rare and detailed fossil named Youti yuanshi, providing a glimpse into one of the earliest ancestors of modern insects, spiders, crabs, and centipedes.
520-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Larva Found With Preserved Brain …
Aug 1, 2024 · Such is the fossil of a sesame-seed-sized baby worm discovered encased in rock in China. Hailing from the Cambrian period some 520 million years ago, the larva represents a whole new genus and species of euarthropod called Youti yuanshi.
Ancient worm fossil rolls back origins of animal life - Nature
Sep 4, 2019 · Ancient worm fossil rolls back origins of animal life. Half-a-billion-year-old creature challenges theory that animals burst onto the scene in an abrupt event known as the Cambrian explosion. By....
500-million-year-old fossil represents rare discovery of ancient …
Sep 8, 2021 · Researchers at the University of Missouri have found a rare, 500-million-year-old “worm-like” fossil called a palaeoscolecid, which is an uncommon fossil group in North America.
508-Million-Year Old Worm Fossil Found in Canada - National …
Jan 22, 2018 · The fossil is a new species of bristle worm, known scientifically as Kootenayscolex barbarensis, described in the journal Current Biology. It's small, only about two centimeters long, and...
Newly discovered large predator worms ruled the seas as Earth’s ... - CNN
Jan 5, 2024 · Researchers have uncovered fossils of giant predator worms, some of Earth’s earliest carnivorous animals that roamed the seas 518 million years ago.
'Giant' Predator Worm That Ruled Ancient Oceans ... - ScienceAlert
One of the earliest rulers of this ancient animal kingdom – a giant carnivorous worm – has now been found in fossil form. More than 518 million years ago, the roughly 30-centimeter-long critter would have been one of the largest existing swimming animals.
Enormous Prehistoric Marine Worms' Lair Discovered Along …
Jan 26, 2021 · Camouflaged in sandy loam, ancient giant worms waited for unsuspecting prey to swim within their reach and then suddenly emerge from the ground in a snap to pull fish to their demise.
Earth’s oldest ‘Bobbit worm’ – gigantism in a Devonian eunicidan ...
Feb 21, 2017 · This discovery highlights that although comparatively rare, fossils of annelid worms provide important insights into the past diversity, disparity and evolutionary history of the group.
Giant worms terrorized the ancient seafloor from hidden death …
Jan 22, 2021 · Gigantic predatory marine worms that lived about 20 million years ago ambushed their prey by leaping at them from underground tunnels in the sea bottom, new fossils from Taiwan reveal.
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