Reconstructions show how some of the earliest animals lived -- and died
Monday, August 11, 2014 - 16:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A bizarre group of uniquely shaped organisms known as rangeomorphs may have been some of the earliest animals to appear on Earth, uniquely suited to ocean conditions 575 million years ago. A new model has resolved many of the mysteries around the structure, evolution and extinction of these 'proto animals.'