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Fossils of a new group of animal predators have been located in the Early Cambrian Sirius Passet fossil locality in North Greenland. These large worms may be some of the earliest carnivorous animals to have colonized the water column more than 518 million years ago, revealing a past dynasty of predators that scientists didn’t know existed.
The new fossil animals have been named Timorebestia, meaning ‘terror beasts’ in Latin. Adorned with fins down the sides of their body, a distinct head with long antennae, massive jaw structures inside their mouth, and growing to more than 30cm in length, these were some of the largest swimming animals in the Early Cambrian times.
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30cm in length
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
Yeah. The quotes around ‘giant’ in the title aren’t rated for carrying this much euphemism. They’re going to collapse under the strain of our disappointment. I was promsied giant arctic worms, darn it. That’s a CR13 monster in D&D!
Compounded by the lack of pictures in this article.
Where’s Kevin Bacon when you need him?
Nah, those are just Goa’uld from one of the many time travel episodes.
At 30cm in length, I think you’re right.
Ah bud, please. I already get nightmares.
Tremors got it right, huh?
At 30cm in length, maybe on ant scale (ngl, I’d probably watch that movie lol)
We have metre long earth worms near me, could throw some of them in.
Fossils.
Fossils of a half-billion year old predator worm.
Not. Y’know. C’thulhu’s Viking cousins.
Lovecraft was right
Greenland Bull Worm!
It’s big… scary… And pink!
He who controls the spice controls the universe!
"However, Timorebestia is a distant, but close, relative of living arrow worms, or chaetognaths.
Just say closest lmao
Brutally blatant clickbait.
It’s called a tim’rous beastie? Damn it’s a few weeks early for Burns’ night
And those removed are probably going to wake up when the tundra thaws!
