New Fossils from Silurian Period Reveal Complex Early History of Mollusks

Jan 8, 2025 - 17:30
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New Fossils from Silurian Period Reveal Complex Early History of Mollusks
3D models of Punk ferox (top) and Emo vorticaudum (bottom) reconstructed as digital virtual fossils. Image credit: Mark Sutton, Imperial College London.

Paleontologists have discovered two new three-dimensionally preserved species of aculiferan mollusks that lived during the Silurian, revealing that the early mollusks were more complex and adaptable than previously known.

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