fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 14 hours ago“Everywhere we look in these exceptional preservation deposits, [...] we see priapulids,” says Mussini.mander.xyzimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up151arrow-down1image“Everywhere we look in these exceptional preservation deposits, [...] we see priapulids,” says Mussini.mander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/grand-canyon-500-million-year-old-penis-worm-fossil
minus-squareunknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·11 hours agoIn case anyone was thinking the same thing I was: no, it wasn’t a parasite, it was named that way due to its shape.
![“Everywhere we look in these exceptional preservation deposits, [...] we see priapulids,” says Mussini.](https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/58096ce2-0cad-4ce6-a089-3845f9f03fd0.jpeg){kind=link}
In case anyone was thinking the same thing I was: no, it wasn’t a parasite, it was named that way due to its shape.