Ediacaran Nematode-Like Worm Fossils Unearthed in Australia

Ediacaran Nematode-Like Worm Fossils Unearthed in Australia
Digital photographs and 3D laser scans of Uncus dzaugisi body fossils. Scale bars - 10 mm. Image credit: Hughes et al., doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.10.030.

Paleontologists have hypothesized for decades that a major animal group called Ecdysozoa must be older than the Cambrian period, but until now its origins have remained enigmatic.

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 Paleontologists have hypothesized for decades that a major animal group called Ecdysozoa must be older than the Cambrian period, but until now its origins have remained enigmatic.
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