Half-a-billion-year-old spiny slug fossil reveals origin of molluscs
Cosmos Magazine - Mon 5 Aug 24A new species has been identified from a 514-million-year-old fossil found in China’s southern Yunnan province. Shishania aculeata is an ancient slug with a twist. Its fossils reveal that ...
Half-a-billion-year-old new species reveals the origins of the octopus
The Independent - Thu 1 Aug 24Researchers discovered a new species of mollusc that lived 500 million years ago
514 million-year-old fossil unearthed in China reveals new mollusk species
Interesting Engineering - Thu 1 Aug 24 Worm that lived 520 million years ago explains insect evolution, Earth.com - Thu 1 Aug 24Half-Billion-Year-Old Slug Sheds Light on Mollusc Origins, Mirage News - Fri 2 Aug 24
Half-Billion-Year Spiny Slug Sheds Light on Mollusc Origins, Mirage News - Fri 2 Aug 24
Fossil Discovery Sheds Light on Molluscan Skeleton Origins, Mirage News - Thu 1 Aug 24
Half-a-billion-year-old spiny slug reveals the origins of molluscs
The Independent - Thu 1 Aug 24Called Shishania aculeata, the new fossil reveals that the most early molluscs were flat, shell-less slugs covered in a spikey armour.
Researchers uncover 500 million-year-old mollusk ancestor
Phys.org - Thu 1 Aug 24A team of researchers including scientists from the University of Oxford have made an astonishing discovery of a new species of mollusk that lived 500 million years ago. The new fossil, called ...
Is that a durian? No, it’s a weird ancient mollusc
Nature News - Thu 1 Aug 24Nature, Published online: 02 August 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02522-2A 510-million-year-old creature that looked like the famously smelly fruit suggests that the earliest ...
A ‘rotting little plastic bag’ was actually a 514 million-year-old fossil
Popular Science - Thu 1 Aug 24A newly discovered extinct mollusk species that skulked along the ocean floor half a billion years ago is offering new insights into the early days of this diverse group of animals. Fossils ...
Half a billion-year-old spiny slug reveals the origins of mollusks
ScienceDaily - Fri 2 Aug 24Exceptional fossils with preserved soft parts reveal that the earliest mollusks were flat, armored slugs without shells. The new species, Shishania aculeata, was covered with hollow, organic, ...
Half a billion-year-old spiny slug reveals the origins of mollusks, Scienmag - Thu 1 Aug 24Half a billion-year-old spiny slug reveals the origins of mollusks, Eurekalert - Thu 1 Aug 24
New fossil resembling a bristly durian fruit reveals insights into the origin of molluscan skeletons
Eurekalert - Thu 1 Aug 24The early evolution of mollusks has been hard to pin down, but now a newly discovered fossil – of a shell-less, soft-bodied, spiny mollusk from the early Cambrian – provides crucial insights, ...