20-million-year-old predatory polychaete (Taiwan)

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A giant undersea sand worm’s fossilized lair

by Eleanor Imster, EARTH, EarthSkyOrg, January 28, 2021

In 20-million-year-old rock off the coast of Taiwan, researchers

have discovered what they think is the fossilized burrow

of a giant, predatory sand worm.

https://earthsky.org/earth/scientists-find-evidence-of-giant-predatory-sand-worms

 

the open access paper is;

 

Pan, YY., Nara, M., Löwemark, L. et al. The 20-million-year

old lair of an ambush predatory worm preserved in

northeast Taiwan. Sci Rep 11, 1174 (2021). https://

doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79311-0

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-79311-0

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.