Misunderstood worm-like fossil finds its place in the Tree of Life | #Geology #GeologyPage One of the most bizarre-looking fossils ever found -- a worm-like creature with legs, spikes and a head difficult to distinguish from its tail -- has found its place in the evolutionary Tree of Life, definitively linking it with a group of modern animals for the first time. The animal, known as Hallucigenia due to its otherworldly appearance, had been considered an evolutionary misfit as it was not clear how it related to modern animal groups. Read more : geologypage/2014/08/misunderstood-worm-like-fossil-finds.html Geology geologypage
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 09:00:01 +0000
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