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Rare Cambrian fossils from Utah reveal unexpected anatomical complexity in early comb jellies
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Rare Cambrian fossils from Utah reveal unexpected anatomical complexity in early comb jellies by Harvard University, PhysOrg Prehistoric Comb jelly fossil found in Utah at least 500M years old, researchers say By Carter Williams, KSL.com, Aug. 24, 2021 The open access paper is: Parry, L.A., Lerosey-Aubril, R., Weaver, J.C. and Ortega- Hernández, J., 2021. Cambrian comb jellies from Utah Iilluminate the early evolution of nervous and sensory systems in ctenophores. iScience, no. 102943. Yours Paul H.-
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Exclusive: 600-million-year old blobs are earliest animals ever found Fossils in China suggest that that some of the first animals in existence may have been carnivorous comb jellies similar to some species that still exist today. New Scientist, January 23, 20-19 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24132142-700-exclusive-600-million-year-old-blobs-are-earliest-animals-ever-found/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news An older article is: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2180053-earliest-known-animal-was-a-half-billion-year-old-underwater-blob/ Unfortunately, it is behind a paywall. It was discussed today on BBC radio. A related article is: Scientists Think Comb Jellies May Have Come Before All Other Animals Sorry, sponges—there’s a new oldest ancestor in town, Smithsonian https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-think-comb-jellies-may-have-come-all-other-animals-180962858/ https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/jellyfish-and-comb-jellies Yours, Paul H.
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