Fascinating New Fossil Provides Insight Into Evolution of Arthropods

Fascinating new fossil provides insight into evolution of arthropods

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In the Burgess schists, an exceptional fossil once again sheds light on the evolution of the first arthropods. Mosura fentoni, with its three eyes and its singular anatomy,...

Small, but oho: In Canada paleontologists have discovered fossils of a previously unknown predator from the Cambrian age – the time about 506 million years ago. "Mosura fentoni" was only about six centimetres tall, but quite frightening: The prehistoric predator grabbed his prey with pricked claws and was capable of fast floating maneuvers. Details of his body construction also help to better understand other fossils from this era of origin of m…