Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Jul 24, 2024

Taco-shaped arthropod #fossils give new insights into the history of the first mandibulates https://phys.org/news/2024-07-taco-arthropod-fossils-insights-history.html

The #Cambrian #Odaraia alata and the colonization of nektonic suspension-feeding niches by early mandibulates https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.0622

"#Paleontologists are finally able to place it to the #mandibulates, ending its long enigmatic classification since it was first discovered in the #BurgessShale over 100 years ago and revealing more about early #evolution and diversification."

Taco-shaped arthropod fossils give new insights into the history of the first mandibulates

A new study, led by paleontologists at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is helping resolve the evolution and ecology of Odaraia, a taco-shaped marine animal that lived during the Cambrian period.

Phys.org