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Half-Billion-Year-Old Creature Discovered

Wednesday, June 26, 2013 18:59

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A fossilized, cigar-shaped creature that lived about 520 million years ago has been unearthed in Morocco.

The newfound species, Helicocystis moroccoensis, has “characteristics that place it as the most primitive echinoderm that has fivefold symmetry,” said study co-author Andrew Smith, a paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in London, referring to the group of animals that includes starfish and sea urchins.

Modern echinoderms typically have five-point symmetry, such as the five arms of the starfish or the sand dollar’s distinctive pattern.

During the Cambrian explosion, the diversity of life exploded and bizarre sea creatures such as the Helcocystis moroccoensis flourished. (Andrew Smith)

The primitive sea creature, described June 25 in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, could even change its body shape from slender to stumpy.

By Tia Ghose – Published June 26, 2013 LiveScience

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AntiqueWhite

it looks like a dumb water color? spend some cash on graphics?

Jun 27, 2013, 10:36 pm 0 Reply
NEO Oracle 2016

This article is so wrong! That thing is at least 900 million or 1.2 billion years old. Come on! get it right! lol

Jun 29, 2013, 1:50 pm 0 Reply

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