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A Millennium Falcon from back in the Cambrian

Cosmos Magazine - Wed 31 Jul 19

Half-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 19

Nature, 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 19

Artist 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 19

A 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 19

Palaeontologists 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 19
A 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 19

But 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 19

A 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 19

About 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 19

A 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 19

Hundreds 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 19

Paleontologists have discovered a new Cambrian predator species hiding among the ancient rocks of Kootenay National Park in the Canadian Rockies.