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science2 years ago•3 min saved

"Scientists Discover Bizarre 20-Armed Alien Sea Creature"

Scientists have identified a new species of invertebrate in the waters of Antarctica called the Promachocrinus fragarius, or Antarctic strawberry feather star. This sea creature has around 20 feather-like arms for navigation and additional clawed tendrils for crawling along the ocean floor. The arms are spread out, allowing the creature to move elegantly through the water. The discovery brings the total number of species in the Antarctic feather star group to eight. Scientists continue to make new discoveries and name new ocean species regularly, highlighting the mysteries that still exist in the world's oceans.

via All That's Interesting|

#antarctic #discovery #invertebrate

paleontology2 years ago•3 min saved

Cracking the Enigma of the Tully Monster.

The Tully Monster, an enigmatic fossil organism from the Carboniferous age, has puzzled scientists for over 50 years. While some studies have identified it as a vertebrate, a new micro-CT analysis of 153 fossils by Japanese scientists concludes that it is an invertebrate of unknown affinity. This highlights the difficulty in identifying preserved body structures and attributing them to a specific phylum, raising questions about the confidence placed in such fossil evidence to prove Darwinian evolution or represent "missing links."

via Discovery Institute|

#evolution #fossil #invertebrate

science2 years ago•6 min saved

Unraveling the Enigma of the Tully Monster

A new study by researchers at the University of Tokyo has claimed that the Tully monster, a mysterious 300-million-year-old sea creature, was definitely an invertebrate and not a vertebrate as previously thought. The creature's body parts once thought to indicate a backbone are not actually as they seemed. The Tully monster had segmentation in its head region that extended from its body, which is not known in any vertebrate lineage, suggesting a nonvertebrate affinity. The identity of the Tully monster is still up in the air, but it could be a nonvertebrate chordate or a protostome.

via Daily Mail|

#evolution #fossils #invertebrate

paleontology2 years ago•4 min saved

Unveiling the Enigmatic Tully Monster: New Revelations

Using 3D imaging technology, a team of researchers in Japan has found that the Tully monster, a soft-bodied marine animal that lived 300 million years ago, was not a vertebrate, as previously hypothesized. The team studied more than 150 fossilized Tully monsters and other varied animal fossils from Mazon Creek, Illinois, and found that the Tully monster had segmentation in its head region that extended from its body, a characteristic not known in any vertebrate lineage. The next step is to determine what group of organisms it does belong to, possibly a nonvertebrate chordate or some sort of protostome.

via Phys.org|

#3d-imaging #evolutionary-history #fossils