Show threadGarbage Data 🦝Aug 6, 2023
Round one, poll sixteen of the #CAMBRIANSMACKDOWN!
#TUZOIA vs. #OPABINIA
Graphic with visuals of our fighters in the replies! Propaganda and boosts are encouraged!
#Poll #Tournament #Bracket #Cambrian #CambrianExplosion #Arthropods #Fossils #Paleontogy #Polls #Fossil #Extinct #Silly #TuzoiaRetifera #OpabiniaRegalis
Tuzoia
25%
Opabinia
75%
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Garbage Data 🦝Aug 6, 2023
Presenting: THE #CAMBRIANSMACKDOWN! A silly Tumblr style bracket. I will create a series of polls to determine which screwy looking Cambrian era critter is perceived as the coolest on Mastodon!
Polls will start at 7 days long.
Depending on how well-received this is, the polls may shorten in length.
Polls coming soon. Enjoy. This thread will be for bracket updates rather than the polls.
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Lukas VFN πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊJan 20, 2023

Thanks to #SoftTissuePreservation, we now know what Tuzoia, a Cambrian #arthropod first discovered 100 years ago, actually looked like https://www.livescience.com/taco-lookalike-arthropod-tuzoia

The problematic #Cambrian arthropod #Tuzoia and the origin of #mandibulates revisited https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.220933

Tuzoia was a predator or scavenger that feasted on the remains of creatures littering the seafloor. The arthropod could likely flex its carapace outward as it moved, enabling its legs to touch the ground and scuttle across it.

Likeness of Cambrian critter finally revealed, and it looks like a taco

Thanks to soft-tissue preservation, we now know what Tuzoia, a Cambrian arthropod first discovered 100 years ago, actually looked like.

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