Discovered over a century ago, paleontologists think they've finally cracked the code of the wacky creature's morphology.
Five hundred million years ago, tacos existed. But they weren’t corn or flour; they were the hard-shelled coverings on a now-extinct sea creature,According to new research, the Cambrian creature was a mandibulate, a group of jawed arthropods. But adding to its exoticism,swam upside-down and had spines along its 30 pairs of legs, which may have been used to ensnare prey throughout the water column.
The Cambrian seas were filled with alien creatures by today’s standards. From about 570 million years to 530 million years ago, the worlds’ oceans boomed with life, a period known as“The Burgess Shale has been a treasure trove of paleontological information,” said Jean-Bernard Caron, a paleontologist at Canada’s Royal Ontario Museum, and co-author of the study, in a museum, we already know a substantial amount about the early evolution of mandibulates.
The Burgess Shale almost certainly holds more critters that will reveal the breathtaking diversity of Cambrian life. But as the recent study shows, there are also plenty of details that remain to be found in existing specimens.52,000-Year-Old Mammoth ‘Beef Jerky’ Reveals Exquisitely Preserved Chromosomes
The delicate biological structures were miraculously preserved, giving scientists a time capsule into the genomic architecture of the extinct giants.Ghostbusters, Jaws, Back to the Future, and more summer blockbusters come to life for a limited time in Orlando's Universal Mega Movie Parade.The Fall Guy stunt show premieres at Universal Studios Hollywood, and Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, and Jaws return to Universal Studios Orlando.
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