500-Million-Year-Old 'Squishy' Worm Had Spiky Armor
Monday, June 29, 2015 - 14:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A spiky, wormlike creature with 30 legs — 18 clawed rear legs and 12 featherlike front legs that likely helped it filter food from the water — once lived in the ancient oceans of the early Cambrian period, about 518 million years ago, a new study finds.