Incredible fossil find is the oldest known parasite
510 million-year-old rocks in China preserve brachiopods and their parasites.
Scott K. Johnson
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Topic: Cambrian
Before life exploded in the Cambrian, there were worms
A segmented worm left tracks on the ocean floor when most animals were sedentary.
John Timmer
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97
Half the species in a new Cambrian fossil site are completely new to us
We're edging closer to understanding entire Cambrian ecologies.
John Timmer
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135
Finding the head of an ancient, hallucinatory mini-monster
Hallucigenia had been a bizarre collection of headless parts until now.
Martin Smith
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49
Some of the earliest animals with skeletons helped build reefs
Even before the Cambrian, animals were building communities with their skeletons.
John Timmer
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12
Cambrian hunter switched to a plankton diet
Like whale sharks, relatives of Anomalocaris evolved to filter feed.
Scott K. Johnson
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36
New find hits Cambrian fossil jackpot—again
Near site of famous Burgess Shale fossils, more turn up.
Scott K. Johnson
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56
Cambrian shutter of doom becomes sucker of worms
The mouth of this segmented invertebrate has been a puzzle for many researchers.
Brian Switek, wired.com
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32
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Precambrian fossils, once thought to be embryos, reinterpreted as… something else
Tiny fossils that were once thought to be indications of the first animal life …
John Timmer
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Fossil find reveals half-billion year old jellyfish
A Cambrian-era fossil bed from Utah yields the earliest evidence of jellyfish …
John Timmer
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Ancient crustaceans: acid bath reveals fossils in the early Cambrian
New microfossils from China push the known origin of crustaceans back to the …
John Timmer
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0
Incredible fossil find is the oldest known parasite
510 million-year-old rocks in China preserve brachiopods and their parasites.
Scott K. Johnson
–
|
89
Before life exploded in the Cambrian, there were worms
A segmented worm left tracks on the ocean floor when most animals were sedentary.
John Timmer
–
|
97
Half the species in a new Cambrian fossil site are completely new to us
We're edging closer to understanding entire Cambrian ecologies.
John Timmer
–
|
135
Finding the head of an ancient, hallucinatory mini-monster
Hallucigenia had been a bizarre collection of headless parts until now.
Martin Smith
–
|
49
Some of the earliest animals with skeletons helped build reefs
Even before the Cambrian, animals were building communities with their skeletons.
John Timmer
–
|
12
Cambrian hunter switched to a plankton diet
Like whale sharks, relatives of Anomalocaris evolved to filter feed.
Scott K. Johnson
–
|
36
New find hits Cambrian fossil jackpot—again
Near site of famous Burgess Shale fossils, more turn up.
Scott K. Johnson
–
|
56
Cambrian shutter of doom becomes sucker of worms
The mouth of this segmented invertebrate has been a puzzle for many researchers.
Brian Switek, wired.com
–
|
32
Precambrian fossils, once thought to be embryos, reinterpreted as… something else
Tiny fossils that were once thought to be indications of the first animal life …
John Timmer
–
|
23
Fossil find reveals half-billion year old jellyfish
A Cambrian-era fossil bed from Utah yields the earliest evidence of jellyfish …
John Timmer
–
|
0
Ancient crustaceans: acid bath reveals fossils in the early Cambrian
New microfossils from China push the known origin of crustaceans back to the …
John Timmer
–
|
0
Incredible fossil find is the oldest known parasite
510 million-year-old rocks in China preserve brachiopods and their parasites.
Scott K. Johnson
–
|
89
Before life exploded in the Cambrian, there were worms
A segmented worm left tracks on the ocean floor when most animals were sedentary.
John Timmer
–
|
97
Half the species in a new Cambrian fossil site are completely new to us
We're edging closer to understanding entire Cambrian ecologies.
John Timmer
–
|
135
Finding the head of an ancient, hallucinatory mini-monster
Hallucigenia had been a bizarre collection of headless parts until now.
Martin Smith
–
|
49
Some of the earliest animals with skeletons helped build reefs
Even before the Cambrian, animals were building communities with their skeletons.
John Timmer
–
|
12
Cambrian hunter switched to a plankton diet
Like whale sharks, relatives of Anomalocaris evolved to filter feed.
Scott K. Johnson
–
|
36
New find hits Cambrian fossil jackpot—again
Near site of famous Burgess Shale fossils, more turn up.
Scott K. Johnson
–
|
56