Early Cambrian Fossil Rewrites Starfish Family Tree

Oct 20, 2026 - 18:00
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Early Cambrian Fossil Rewrites Starfish Family Tree
An artist’s impression of Yujingia glutenotunica. Image credit: He et al., doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2026.08.053.

A 518-million-year-old ambulacrarian fossil from China suggests that the common ancestor of starfish and their relatives was not a burrowing worm; it was probably a tentacled animal that fed from the water around it.

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