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Massive New Predator Discovered in Burgess Shale (Titanokorys gainesi)
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“Absolutely Mind-Boggling” Massive New Animal Species Discovered in 500 Million-Year-Old Burgess Shale. SciTechDaily, September 8, 2021 ‘Spaceship-Shaped’ Fossil Reveals Hungry Predator of Ancient Oceans Titanokorys gainesi, turned up in the Canadian Rockies, was among the largest known predators 500 million years ago. Trilobites, New York Times A Football-Shaped Animal Species Is Discovered In A 500-Million-Year- Old Shale, NPR, September 9, 2021 The open access paper is: Caron, J.-B., and Moysiuk, J., 2021. A giant nektobenthic radiodont from the Burgess Shale and the significance of hurdiid carapace diversity. Royal Society Open Science. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.210664 Yours, Paul H.-
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Prehistoric Cambrian arms race - Emu Bay Shale, South Australia.
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Bizarre sea beast with a circular mouth full of serrated teeth sparked a 'prehistoric arms race' 500 million years ago Michael Havis and ShivaliBest, MailOnline, Dec. 13, 2020 The paper is: Paterson, J.R., Edgecombe, G.D. and García-Bellido, D.C., 2020. Disparate compound eyes of Cambrian radiodonts reveal their developmental growth mode and diverse visual ecology. Science advances, 6(49), p.eabc6721. Abstract of open access paper PDF version of paper Yours, Paul H.