Shamalama Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Looks like another Burgess Shale type fossil has been reconstructed from bits a pieces. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1680...t-predator.html Fossils from this era amaze me, they are so bizzare compared to life today! Dave -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Fossils from this era amaze me, they are so bizzare compared to life today!Dave I love the enigmas! Y'all be sure to click on "3 more pics" on the page; they're fossil photos "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 From the article: Now a new analysis of numerous Hurdia fossils – including the animal's whale-like carapace – suggests that all these specimens belong to a single species. How did they draw that analogy? That has to be the first time that an arthropod has been described as "whale like". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 From the article: Now a new analysis of numerous Hurdia fossils – including the animal's whale-like carapace – suggests that all these specimens belong to a single species. How did they draw that analogy? That has to be the first time that an arthropod has been described as "whale like". I took it as a poorly chosen analogy for its large size. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossilcollector Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 What bothers me about this article is all the fossil buzz words and phrases it used. "Apex" is a buzz word. "T.Rex of the..." is a buzz phrase. It's basically like calling a fossil the cadillac of fossils. Why not toss in other words, like synergy, or iconic, etc. Besides, this thing was half a meter, anomalocaris reached 2 meters in length. The anomalo would have this guy as a snack. -YvW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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