Hyoliths, extinct sea creatures from the Cambrian period known for their cone-shaped shell and unusual appendages, have long been mistaken for a type of mollusc. However, a recent discovery by a U of T undergraduate student revealed that hyoliths belong to a group called lophophorates. The main trait that defines living lophophorates, such as brachiopods […]
Tag: Taxonomy
100-million-year-old fossils shed light on the arrival of titanosaurs in Australia
Two specimens from the Late Cretaceous period, described in a paper published in Scientific Reports, can shed light on how large herbivorous dinosaurs with long necks and tails arrived in Australia. Stephen Poropat and colleagues describe two species of Australian sauropod, remains of which were found in the Winton Formation of Queensland, northeast Australia. The […]
