• galoisghost
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    9 个月前

    Did they really look like this or were there big fat blubbery bits that didn’t survive fossilisation

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      9 个月前

      Unlikely for there to be bubbly bits. These are bugs, so we know their shape because their exoskeleton (which is what fossilizes) is their shape. Fish haven’t evolved yet

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        9 个月前

        Thanks. I looked it up.

        You saying these are bugs tickles my funny bone imagining a metre long anomalcaris scuttling out from under the fridge, like a scene from a Cronenberg movie.