520-million-year-old animal fossils might not be animals after all
The specimens may be an ancient type of algae, not creatures known as bryozoans
ScienceNews, March 10, 2023
The paywalled paper is:
Yang, J., Lan, T., Zhang, X.G. and Smith, M.R., 2023.
Protomelission is an early dasyclad alga and not a
Cambrian bryozoan. Nature, published online, March 8, 2023 pp.1-5.
Yorus,
Paul H.