Fossil fragments reveal 500-million-year-old monster predator

Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 13:14 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Hurdia victoria was originally described in 1912 as a crustacean-like animal. Now, researchers from Uppsala University and colleagues reveal it to be just one part of a complex and remarkable new animal that has an important story to tell about the origin of the largest group of living animals, the arthropods. The findings are being published in this week's issue of Science...

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