What a great animal. Never even heard of them before. Totally #gameable . Scale them up to sea monsters.
What a great animal. Never even heard of them before. Totally #gameable . Scale them up to sea monsters.
Originally shared by Marko Bosscher
Tully Monster mystery solved
The bizarre animal named Tullimonstrum gregarium was a scientific mystery for 5 decades.
“The monsters are related to the jawless fishes that are still around today by a unique combination of traits, including primitive gills, rows of teeth, and traces of a notochord, the flexible rod-like structure along the back that’s present in chordate animals—including vertebrates like us.”
https://www.fieldmuseum.org/science/blog/monster-mystery-solved
Originally shared by Marko Bosscher
Tully Monster mystery solved
The bizarre animal named Tullimonstrum gregarium was a scientific mystery for 5 decades.
“The monsters are related to the jawless fishes that are still around today by a unique combination of traits, including primitive gills, rows of teeth, and traces of a notochord, the flexible rod-like structure along the back that’s present in chordate animals—including vertebrates like us.”
https://www.fieldmuseum.org/science/blog/monster-mystery-solved
I learned about Tullimonstrum as a kid. Giant ones were a candidate for Nessie.
ReplyDeleteI read tons of those old 70's and 80's Nessie books. I remember the long-necked salamander, and seals, but not this thing.
ReplyDeleteWell I do! In your face!
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ReplyDeleteState fossil of Illinois, huh. Minnesota doesn't even have a state fossil.
Florida's should be whatever coral the Keys are made out of. checks Wikipedia That's what it is!
I think the - monstrum suffix needs to get used more often.
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