Meet The 30 Million Year Old Mold Pig!

[Scylla]

They are similar to a tardigrade but may represent a different and new phylum of invertebrate. Found in Dominican Amber.

 

https://m.phys.org/news/2019-10-mold-pigs-group-invertebrates-million.html

[Fossildude19]

Thanks for posting this, Gus!  

[goatinformationist]

5 minutes ago, Scylla said:

They are similar to a tardigrade but may represent a different and new phylum of invertebrate. Found in Dominican Amber.

 

https://m.phys.org/news/2019-10-mold-pigs-group-invertebrates-million.html

Thanks so much for the reference link.  It filled in so much information on the water bear type life forms.

[Scylla]

2 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Thanks for posting this, Gus!  

It tickled my fancy, so I thought it may tickle others as well. 

[Bobby Rico]

1 minute ago, Scylla said:

It tickled my fancy, so I thought it may tickle others as well. 

Yes nice post thank you.  

[Carboniferouspat]

Do you think that guy could be reanimated if we rehydrated it?

[Scylla]

On 10/8/2019 at 9:16 PM, Carboniferouspat said:

Do you think that guy could be reanimated if we rehydrated it?

I doubt it, but we have reanimated 30,000 year old viruses and seeds, so only a factor of 1000 away.