Dozens of Bizarre Ancient Lifeforms Discovered in ‘Extraordinary’ Fossil Find
4mon 16d ago by slrpnk.net/u/solo in palaeoecology@mander.xyz from www.404media.co
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I'll comment: it's a carrot-maggot, you dirty minded people!
On a side thought, and Latin nomenclature's not a strength of mine but, Herpetogaster - herp as in herpetology/amphibians & gaster referring to stomach, so they named it toad-belly!
Looks like the juvenile form of the Cuttlefish of Cthulhu.
... I should call my doctor ...
I haven’t said “what the fuck is that thing?” That hard since I first looked up our friend Tullimonstrum.
Are you sure we’re not making these up (yeah, apparently!)
Observe Tully monster’s eye stalks, for example. It looks awesomely made up.
