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They make a compelling case for it being an invert. 

Thanks for the article. 

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Thanks for the link! I agree with invertebrate though. The few partial pieces I have have no evidence of bones in them....

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I have never been in the vertebrate camp for the Tully Monster.

Too many things just do not add up.

I would also like to make one correction to the article in the link.

Tully Monsters can get quite a bit larger then 15 centimeters.

The largest complete example in my collection measures approximately 23 centimeters of outstretched.

I have some larger partials and have seen pieces that would suggest maximum size to be over 30 centimeters.

Attached is a picture of my largest example.

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Synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy of melanosomes in vertebrates and cephalopods: implications for the affinity
of Tullimonstrum
Christopher S. Rogers, Timothy I. Astrop, Samuel M. Webb, Shosuke Ito,Kazumasa Wakamatsu and Maria E. McNamara

 

Proc. R. Soc. B 286: 20191649.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1649

 

rspb.2019.1649.pdf

 

 

 

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@RCFossils Holy smokes, that's a nice Tully! I don't recall seeing a better/more detailed (particularly in the tail) example though that might not be saying much compared to guys like you, but I am referring to all the photos I've seen as I've seen a total of 1 in person. ;)

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Indeed! It is a museum-quality Tully if I've ever seen one! :drool: :drool:

 

Vertebrate or not--that is one enviable fossil!

 

 

Looking forward to reading more about the debate that seems far from being closed.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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Don't know how, but I missed this initially. I'm in the invertebrate / possibly protocartilagenous (new word?) skeletal system that has not yet been discovered due to lack of preservation. There is really nothing like this weird creature that has been found anywhere else, and this leads to all sorts of conjecture, some of which has yet to be even suggested. The truth may be entirely unrelated to what we have believed, currently believe or may believe in the future. This is a genuine "freak of nature", and the chance exists that the best we'll ever be capable of is an educated guess. I spent more than 20 years collecting Mazon Creek fossils and have never found even an identifiable fragment of one. The one RCFossils posted is  an enviable prize.

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Wonderful, beautiful and fascinating. 

An enigma.

Top of my bucket list too. 

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13 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Wonderful, beautiful and fascinating. 

An enigma.

Top of my bucket list too. 

Agreed! It’s on my bucket list as well, but I think my list grows every time I log on to TFF
 

On 10/24/2019 at 4:59 PM, RCFossils said:

Attached is a picture of my largest example.

Words... can’t... find... them... :default_faint::drool::wub: 

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