Image courtesy of University
of Missouri.
Joel Kontinen
A study done in Australia has brought to life a fossil that lived in
the Devonian period approximately 400 millions years ago, according to evolution,
The creatures, that are a fraction of an inch long, likely fed on organic waste and used their and used their armour plates for
defence from predators.
The creature had an overlapping plates of calcite crystals that ran along the entire length of the creature's body, so it brins to mind the sword yielded by King Arthur.
Source:
Specktor Brandon. 2021. Fossils of 400-million-year-old 'Excalibur worm' discovered in Australia. Live Science 2 December. .
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