Computer Model Helps Explain Bizarre Prehistoric Sea Creature
Monday, November 30, 2015 - 13:50
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Using a computer model, scientists were able to show that Tribrachidium, a disc shaped seas creature that lived about 555-million-years ago, fed by collecting particles suspended in water. This is called suspension feeding and it had not previously been documented in organisms from this period of time.