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Fossils of a new group of animal predators have been located in the Early Cambrian Sirius Passet fossil locality in North Greenland. These large worms may be some of the earliest carnivorous animals to have colonized the water column more than 518 million years ago, revealing a past dynasty of predators that scientists didn’t know existed.
The new fossil animals have been named Timorebestia, meaning ‘terror beasts’ in Latin. Adorned with fins down the sides of their body, a distinct head with long antennae, massive jaw structures inside their mouth, and growing to more than 30cm in length, these were some of the largest swimming animals in the Early Cambrian times.
- Zorque ( @Zorque@kbin.social ) 8•9 months ago
Nah, those are just Goa’uld from one of the many time travel episodes.
- Jo Miran ( @JoMiran@lemmy.ml ) English7•9 months ago
At 30cm in length, I think you’re right.
- Kata1yst ( @Kata1yst@kbin.social ) 7•9 months ago
30cm in length
- NataliePortland ( @NataliePortland@lemmy.ca ) English5•9 months ago
Lovecraft was right
- CluelessLemmyng ( @CluelessLemmyng@lemmy.sdf.org ) English5•9 months ago
Tremors got it right, huh?
- DessertStorms ( @DessertStorms@kbin.social ) 4•9 months ago
At 30cm in length, maybe on ant scale (ngl, I’d probably watch that movie lol)
- Deceptichum ( @Deceptichum@kbin.social ) 3•9 months ago
We have metre long earth worms near me, could throw some of them in.
- Che Banana ( @Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml ) English5•9 months ago
Greenland Bull Worm!
- Xariphon ( @Xariphon@kbin.social ) 5•9 months ago
Fossils.
Fossils of a half-billion year old predator worm.
Not. Y’know. C’thulhu’s Viking cousins.
- Whirlgirl9 ( @Whirlgirl9@kbin.social ) 3•9 months ago
He who controls the spice controls the universe!
- dangblingus ( @dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English2•9 months ago
Brutally blatant clickbait.
- Skua ( @Skua@kbin.social ) 2•9 months ago
It’s called a tim’rous beastie? Damn it’s a few weeks early for Burns’ night
- shiveyarbles ( @shiveyarbles@beehaw.org ) English2•9 months ago
The spice must flow!