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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.
- †Tullimonstrum, Richardson, 1966
- Eukaryota
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.
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...
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 ...
- Victoria E. McCoy, Erin E. Saupe, James C. Lamsdell, James C. Lamsdell, Lidya G. Tarhan, Sean McMaho...
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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.
27 de jan. de 2011 · A line drawing of the claw of the Tully Monster (originally interpreted as jaws). From Johnson and Richardson, 1969. Over four decades later, we don’t know much more about the Tully Monsters ...
17 de mar. de 2016 · The Tully Monster, a bizarre creature with a claw-like snout and two rows of teeth, was not a worm or a slug, but a type of jawless fish called a lamprey. Learn how scientists solved the mystery of its identity and evolution after half a century of research.
