“Weird Wonder” Fossil Discovery Adds Piece to Puzzle of Arthropod Evolution
Welsh “weird wonder” fossils provide new clues to the history of arthropod evolution. The most famous fossils from the Cambrian explosion of animal life, which…
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“Weird Wonder” – A Century Later, Researchers Describe Second Opabiniid Ever Discovered
In his book Wonderful Life, the late Stephen Jay Gould, former professor in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, popularized the “weird…
First True Millipede Discovered – New Species With More Than 1,000 Legs Found Deep Underground in Australia
The discovery of the first millipede with more than 1,000 legs is reported in Scientific Reports this week. Prior to this, no millipede had been…
Aegirocassis Benmoulae Hints at Early Arthropod Evolution
Newly discovered fossils of an extinct sea creature named Aegirocassis benmoulae provide key evidence about the early evolution of arthropods. A presentation by Dr. Peter…
Panamanian Survey Puts Global Arthropod Species at 6 Million
For two years in the Panamanian tropics, entomologists have been laboring in cranes, gliding amongst treetops using helium-filled balloons, hiking through the jungle at night…
Fossil Discovery Captures a Previously Unseen Stage in the Evolution of Ancient Arthropods
A new fossil discovery captures a previously unseen stage in the evolution of ancient arthropods, providing confirmation of the loss of a limb branch during…
230 Million Year Old Arthropods Found Preserved in Amber
Arthropods from the Triassic period have been discovered preserved in amber. They are 100 million years older than previous amber inclusions. The two mites and…
