A Millennium Falcon from back in the Cambrian
Cosmos Magazine - Wed 31 Jul 19Half-billion-year-old marine predator found in the famous Burgess Shale. Dyani Lewis reports.
The Millennium Falcon look-alike that terrorized the ancient seas
Nature News - Wed 31 Jul 19Nature, Published online: 30 July 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02317-wA predator that loomed large in its day had a domed hull like that of the Star Wars spaceship.
Cambroraster: Ancient Predator Looked Like Millennium Falcon
Discover Magazine - Wed 31 Jul 19Artist rendering of Cambroraster, a predator from half a billion years ago. (Credit: Lars Fields © Royal Ontario Museum) Half a billion years ago, Cambroraster falcatus was a bizarre predator ...
This newfound predator may have terrorized the Cambrian seafloor
ScienceNews - Tue 30 Jul 19A newly discovered spaceship-shaped predator raked through the Cambrian seafloor in search of food.
A voracious Cambrian predator, Cambroraster, is a new species from the Burgess Shale
Phys.org - Tue 30 Jul 19Palaeontologists at the Royal Ontario Museum and University of Toronto have uncovered fossils of a large new predatory species in half-a-billion-year-old rocks from Kootenay National Park in ...
A voracious Cambrian predator, Cambroraster, is a new species from the Burgess Shale, ScienceDaily - Wed 31 Jul 19A voracious Cambrian predator, Cambroraster, is a new species from the Burgess Shale, Eurekalert - Tue 30 Jul 19
Scientists name new fossil species after Millennium Falcon from Star Wars
Ars Technica - Sat 3 Aug 19But could the 500-million-year-old arthropod have made Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs?
500 million-year-old crab named after Han Solo's Millennium Falcon
FOXNews - Wed 31 Jul 19A newly discovered crab that lived more than 500 million years has been named after the Millennium Falcon, the starship that Ford's character, Han Solo, flew during "Star Wars."
Photos: 'Millennium Falcon' Predator Hunted Seas Half a Billion Years Ago
Livescience - Wed 31 Jul 19About a half-billion years ago, a predator that looked just like the Millennium Falcon terrorized tiny prey.
This Bizarre Ancient Sea Monster Looked Like the Millennium Falcon
Livescience - Wed 31 Jul 19A long time ago, in a galaxy not at all far away, a carnivore with an uncanny resemblance to the Millennium Falcon from "Star Wars" scuttled through the seas.
Hundreds of fossils of strange primordial predator unearthed in Canada
Reuters - Tue 30 Jul 19Hundreds of fossils of a primordial sea creature with rake-like claws and a head resembling a famous fictional spaceship have been unearthed in Canada, providing a wealth of information about ...
Paleontologists find new Cambrian predator species with rake-like claws
UPI - Thu 1 Aug 19Paleontologists have discovered a new Cambrian predator species hiding among the ancient rocks of Kootenay National Park in the Canadian Rockies.