Wormlike "Walking Cactus" Fossil Found

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 13:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The 500-million-year-old creature had ten sets of spiny, jointed legs that resemble those of modern spiders and crabs, a new study says.

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