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The life cycle of a new fossil: Meet the ancient cousin of the earthworm
By Karma Nanglu Have you ever wondered how a new fossil is described? Or picked up an earthworm on a rainy day and thought to yourself “where do animals like these come from?” In this ROMblog post, I’ll walk you through the process of describing an exceptionally well-preserved new fossil
Huge cache of fossils from the Burgess Shale reveal a new species of large predator
Joe Moysiuk – Phd Student & Vanier Scholar, Royal Ontario Museum & University of Toronto We recently unveiled fossils of a new large predatory species in a paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. This animal had rake-like claws and a pineapple-slice-shaped mouth at the front of an
Mighty Burgess Shale fossil site discovered in Kootenay National Park
This new fossil assemblage is about the same age as the famous Burgess Shale deposit in Yoho National Park, and has the potential to become at least as significant. Since it was discovered by Charles Walcott in 1909, the Burgess Shale has remained the main source of information about Cambrian
Three cheers for Burgess Shale’ newest oddball animal, a worm with waving “arms”
By Jean-Bernard Caron, Senior Curator of Invertebrate Palaeontology, Royal Ontario Museum Today, the ROM is announcing a spectacular new species from the world-famous Burgess Shale site in Yoho National Park. Its name, Ovatiovermis cribratus, means “standing suspension-feeding worm” in Latin
The secret of Oesia: a Burgess Shale mystery, by Karma Nanglu
My name is Karma Nanglu and I’m a PhD student at the University of Toronto, but on a day-to-day basis I do my research at the Royal Ontario Museum. I’ve recently co-authored a research paper, Cambrian suspension-feeding tubicolous hemichordates, with Jean-Bernard Caron, Curator, Invertebrate
New Research from the Burgess Shale: Thorny worms that swarmed in the Cambrian seas
Hallucigenia sparsa is no ordinary animal. This poster child of the Burgess Shale biota is the ultimate weirdo, and the ROM holds the world’s largest collection of specimens. New research published July 31st in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, provides fresh new revelations about
Habelia, un prédateur de la préhistoire avec une « tête multifonction »
Cédric Aria Chercheur postdoctoral Décrit pour la première fois en 1912, Habelia optata est l’un des plus énigmatiques à avoir été découvert dans les schistes de Burgess, gisement fossilifère de la Colombie-Britannique d’une richesse exceptionnelle qui remonte au Cambrien moyen, soit
Belle découverte dans les schistes de Burgess: un ver oscillant sur ses « pattes »
By Jean-Bernard Caron, Conservateur principal de paléontologie des invertébrés, Musée royal de l’Ontario Le ROM annonce aujourd’hui la découverte d’une espèce étonnante sur le site mondialement connu des schistes de Burgess dans le Parc national Yoho. La créature a été baptisée