"Three-Eyed “Fossil Monster” – 520 Million-Year-Old..." Topic

… Fossil Reveals Amazing Detail of Early Animal Evolution

"A collaborative team involving researchers from the University of Leicester, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology, Yunnan University's Institute of Palaeontology, the Chengjiang Fossil Museum, and London's Natural History Museum have re-examined a unique fossil animal found in nearly 520-million-year-old rocks. This reevaluation helps fill a knowledge gap in the evolutionary history of animals known as arthropods.

The animal, which has the scientific name Kylinxia, was imaged using a CT scanner which revealed its soft anatomy buried in the rock. The size of a large shrimp, its surprising features include three eyes on the head and a pair of fearsome limbs presumably used to catch prey…"

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Armand

Looks more like a cockroach…

(smile)

Armand

New Sauropod Dinosaur Unearthed in India

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Armand

thanks for both

A votre service mon ami…

Armand

Tharosaurus Indicus is one of the "mid-size" sauropods. It must have been more vulnerable to predation than the behemoths. At the same time, it might have been small enough to use cover within forests, etc.

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Armand