#mandibulates — Public Fediverse posts

23-JUL-2024
Taco-shaped arthropod from Royal Ontario Museum’s #BurgessShale #fossils gives new insights into the history of the first mandibulates
Exceptional fossils show how #mandibulates were trapping prey in marine ecosystems 500 million years ago

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1051886 #science #ecology #evolution

23-JUL-2024
Taco-shaped arthropod from Royal Ontario Museum’s #BurgessShale #fossils gives new insights into the history of the first mandibulates
Exceptional fossils show how #mandibulates were trapping prey in marine ecosystems 500 million years ago

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1051886 #science #ecology #evolution

Taco-shaped arthropod #fossils give new insights into the history of the first mandibulates https://phys.org/news/2024-07-taco-arthropod-fossils-insights-history.html

The #Cambrian #Odaraia alata and the colonization of nektonic suspension-feeding niches by early mandibulates https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.0622

"#Paleontologists are finally able to place it to the #mandibulates, ending its long enigmatic classification since it was first discovered in the #BurgessShale over 100 years ago and revealing more about early #evolution and diversification."

Taco-shaped arthropod #fossils give new insights into the history of the first mandibulates https://phys.org/news/2024-07-taco-arthropod-fossils-insights-history.html

The #Cambrian #Odaraia alata and the colonization of nektonic suspension-feeding niches by early mandibulates https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.0622

"#Paleontologists are finally able to place it to the #mandibulates, ending its long enigmatic classification since it was first discovered in the #BurgessShale over 100 years ago and revealing more about early #evolution and diversification."

Thanks to #SoftTissuePreservation, we now know what Tuzoia, a Cambrian #arthropod first discovered 100 years ago, actually looked like https://www.livescience.com/taco-lookalike-arthropod-tuzoia

The problematic #Cambrian arthropod #Tuzoia and the origin of #mandibulates revisited https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.220933

Tuzoia was a predator or scavenger that feasted on the remains of creatures littering the seafloor. The arthropod could likely flex its carapace outward as it moved, enabling its legs to touch the ground and scuttle across it.

Thanks to #SoftTissuePreservation, we now know what Tuzoia, a Cambrian #arthropod first discovered 100 years ago, actually looked like https://www.livescience.com/taco-lookalike-arthropod-tuzoia

The problematic #Cambrian arthropod #Tuzoia and the origin of #mandibulates revisited https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.220933

Tuzoia was a predator or scavenger that feasted on the remains of creatures littering the seafloor. The arthropod could likely flex its carapace outward as it moved, enabling its legs to touch the ground and scuttle across it.