21 Mar 2009
Fossil fragments reveal 500-million-year-old monster predator

This fellow's been all over the science news of late: check out the reconstruction of what he looked like at The Globe and Mail. And even better version of the same artists work can be found at Fox News - under the amusing headline Giant Bug Terrorized Ancient Seas. Leave it to Fox!

Hurdia victoria was originally described in 1912 as a crustacean-like animal. Now, researchers from Uppsala University and colleagues reveal it to be just one part of a complex and remarkable new animal that has an important story to tell about the origin of the largest group of living animals, the arthropods. The findings are being published in this week's issue of Science.

(link) [EurekAlert!]

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