Massive New Predator Discovered in Burgess Shale (Titanokorys gainesi)

[Oxytropidoceras]

“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.