The Tully Monster & Other Problematic Creatures

Published on July 19, 2017
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There are animals in the fossil record that challenge some of our most basic ideas about what animals are supposed to look like. If there ever was a monster on this planet that was worthy of the name, it might have been the Tully Monster.

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Image credits:
Banffia – Royal Ontario Museum, Jean-Bernard Caron: http://www.burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/

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References:
http://news.yale.edu/2016/03/16/solving-mystery-tully-monster
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v532/n7600/abs/nature16992.html
http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2016/enigmatic-tully-monster-finds-home-tree-life/
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/laelaps/tully-monster-still-a-mystery/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170220084139.htm
http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/symbols/fossil.html
http://scienceblogs.com/laelaps/2010/03/12/your-friday-dose-of-weird-two/
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-02/uop-mm021717.php
https://www.anl.gov/photos/tully-monster-secrets-revealed
https://www.anl.gov/articles/solving-mystery-tully-monster
https://www.fieldmuseum.org/science/blog/monster-mystery-solved

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