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New details of Tully monster revealed 3D scanning of enigmatic fossil may have brought an end to debate about whether it is a vertebrate or invertebrate University of Tokyo, Nature, April 17, 2023 70-Year-Old Mystery Over Bizarre 'Tully Monster' May Finally Have Been Solved Science Alert, April 18, 2023 The paywalled paper is: Tomoyuki Mikami, Takafumi Ikeda, Yusuke Muramiya, Tatsuya Hirasawa, Wataru Iwasaki, Three-dimensional anatomy of the Tully monster casts doubt on its presumed vertebrate affinities, Palaeontology: April 17, 2023, doi:10.1111/pala.12646. Yours, Paul H.
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I know that some fossils from Morocco are composites, but that also occurs sometimes when it comes to the Tullimonstrum gregarium (Tully Monster) from Mazon Creek. The only difference with the Tully Monster composites is that they are easily recognizable. Here is a nice 7” example of what I am talking about. With this piece, the added part is the tail, and I think that you would agree that it is a pretty close match. The scale cube is 1 cm. The neck portion, though the jaw is not visible. Transverse bar with the two black eyes. The tail-
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