Ancient Jellies Had Spiny Skeletons, No Tentacles

Friday, July 10, 2015 - 13:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Ancient gelatinous animals that resemble Christmas tree ornaments were protected by hard, spiny skeletons and lacked the trademark tentacles of today's jellies, fossils of the long-dead jellyfishlike creatures suggest.

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