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Half-metre-long predator was giant of the seas 500 million years ago

8 September 2021

Most animals that lived in the Cambrian period were small enough to rest comfortably in the palm of your hand – but Titanokorys was much bigger

Fossil ‘monster’ looks alien but may be related to primitive fish

1 May 2020

The Tully Monster is a famously odd 300-million-year-old fossil that looks like an alien, but a new analysis suggests it was a backboned animal like a hagfish or lamprey

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Half-metre-long predator was giant of the seas 500 million years ago

Fossil ‘monster’ looks alien but may be related to primitive fish

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