500-Million-Year-Old Mystery Fossil Rewrites Early Animal Evolution

A Cambrian fossil once thought to be a mollusk ancestor is now identified as a chancelloriid relative, reshaping ideas about early animal evolution. A strange and spiny fossil, once thought to be among the earliest mollusks, has just been reclassified. Researchers from Durham University and Yunnan University have now revealed that this ancient creature is […]

June 7, 2025
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3D Spine Arrangement and Apical Orifice Structure in the Top End of a Shishania Fossil SpecimenA Cambrian fossil once thought to be a mollusk ancestor is now identified as a chancelloriid relative, reshaping ideas about early animal evolution. A strange and spiny fossil, once thought to be among the earliest mollusks, has just been reclassified. Researchers from Durham University and Yunnan University have now revealed that this ancient creature is […]

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