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Tullimonstrum, colloquially known as the Tully monster or sometimes Tully's monster, is an extinct genus of soft-bodied bilaterian animal that lived in shallow tropical coastal waters of muddy estuaries during the Pennsylvanian geological period, about 300 million years ago.
The Tully Monster was a mysterious fossil that baffled scientists for decades. Now, a new study reveals that it was a vertebrate, related to modern lampreys, with a bizarre proboscis and eyes on stalks.
16 de mar. de 2016 · The Tully monster, Illinois' state fossil, is a primitive vertebrate that swam in rivers 300 million years ago. It has a shovel-shaped tail, a claw-like mouth, and a notochord, and may be related to lampreys.
25 de abr. de 2023 · The state fossil of Illinois is a strange creature with stalked eyes and a long nose-like appendage with teeth, dubbed the " Tully monster ." Specimens typically measure just 15 centimeters...
17 de abr. de 2023 · A team of researchers from Japan used 3D imaging technology to examine the fossilized Tully monster, a 300-million-year-old marine animal. They found that it had segmentation in its head region and other features that ruled out its vertebrate affinity.
16 de mar. de 2016 · The Tully monster (Tullimonstrum), a problematic fossil from the 309–307-million-year-old Mazon Creek biota of Illinois, is shown to be not only a vertebrate but also akin to lampreys ...
27 de jan. de 2011 · Tully Monsters are worm-like fossils with clawed proboscises and fins that baffle paleontologists. Learn about their anatomy, habitat, and possible affinities with other invertebrates, and how they were linked to the Loch Ness Monster.
