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Tullimonstrum is a lamprey
Topic Started: Mar 16 2016, 05:24 PM (662 Views)
heliosphoros
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http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature16992.html

Holicarp.
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Incinerox
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Āeksiot Zaldrīzoti

How.

Its an alien.

How is it not an alien?

My brain hurts. :(
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Cross
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No wonder they had a resemblance (Not). I always like info like this.
Edited by Cross, Mar 16 2016, 07:36 PM.
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I just read the news and wondered if I would manage to make the topic, funnily enough I had the exact same title on my mind.

I can't even... It's just so surreal that animal for which we had complete fossils for decades and was considered by most as a mollusk to turn out to be a member of the lamprey family.
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heliosphoros
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Indeed. Its like with Helicoprion: a cartilaginous skeleton right under our noses.
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CyborgIguana
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Once again we've underestimated just how insanely weird the natural world is. Incredible!
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Acinonyx Jubatus
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I AM THE UNSHRINKWRAPPER!

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...Well, this was unexpected.

All the many, many things people were saying the Tully Monster was, and it turns out to be the ONE thing nobody considered.

This is why Palaeontology is so awesome, no?

THAT SAID, it's the freaking WEIRDEST lamprey I've ever set eyes on. Case in point: it has an ELBOW in it's FACE.
Edited by Acinonyx Jubatus, Apr 1 2016, 07:55 AM.
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heliosphoros
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Indeed. I can't wait for intermediate forms to show up.
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