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A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale.
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The discussions surrounding the article demonstrate a blend of excitement and scientific inquiry. For example, phrases like 'the oldest jellyfish in the fossil record' and 'mind-blowing discovery' exemplify enthusiasm, while comments referencing specific characteristics of the Burgessomedusa phasmiformis indicate a commitment to understanding its significance. The choice of words, such as 'transformative' and 'critical', paired with an enthusiastic tone, helps convey the importance of this discovery within the context of evolutionary biology.
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Participants perceive the publication as making a meaningful contribution to paleontology.
Abstract in brief
- Cnidarians are one of the oldest animal phyla, featuring a body plan that includes a free-swimming medusa, although its origin is unclear in fossil records.
- Previously identified fossils thought to represent early medusae from the Cambrian period are now suggested to be ctenophores, while most early fossils are either microscopic or tubular.
- This study presents a new genus and species of the oldest confirmed macroscopic medusa from the middle Cambrian, with a unique structure, supporting the idea of an ancient evolution of the medusa stage in the Cnidaria lineage.
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#ProcB in @Independent | A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: https://t.co/MQGaUf2hfP #FossilFriday https://t.co/yNtCVD1MLm
#ProcB in @newscientist | A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: https://t.co/GjHbL394XJ https://t.co/oh2vxwbPsI
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RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
@GoldEagleIRA @Calcifer97 @Micahwitz142858 @RJDownard @hauxton @Will_D_Fi @Zeldrin7485 @SpudEternal @bolt_carl @WC_Philosphy @TakethatCt @SecularSmurf @paddy_omalley @ForrestRichardA @penguinteamsix @Simple_Shaman @MichaelBarisoh1 @ScientiaPercept @grego74545 @of_hate65489 @REPENTHELLFIRE @MartinJBern @Kitty71052501 @Call_Me_Emo1 @DavidCamham1 @ArkEncounter @BioLogosOrg June 21st: Eudyptula wilsonae https://t.co/qJ1LLWG0ug July 26th: Mambachiton fiandohana https://t.co/83PIp2K7dl July 27th: A stem therian mammal from the Lower Cretaceous of Germany https://t.co/dsk562MJ4D August 2nd: Burgessomedusa phasmiformis https://t.co/WAnKUcOMKh
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @CambroJoe: Link is now active, and open access! https://t.co/wXzgNyjROW
@Will_D_Fi @Data_Jack @JacksonWheat1 June 21st: Eudyptula wilsonae https://t.co/qJ1LLWG0ug July 26th: Mambachiton fiandohana https://t.co/83PIp2K7dl July 27th: A stem therian mammal from the Lower Cretaceous of Germany https://t.co/dsk562MJ4D August 2nd: Burgessomedusa phasmiformis https://t.co/WAnKUcOMKh
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@DPadenAkaterry @3Vikings1 @Ah_Science @TakeThatDarwin @Bawby345 @Northmans77 @Sir_Rosell @Dlanorx @gregoddmind @michaer27 July 27th: A stem therian mammal from the Lower Cretaceous of Germany https://t.co/dsk562MJ4D August 2nd: Burgessomedusa phasmiformis https://t.co/WAnKUcOMKh August 2nd: Perucetus colossus https://t.co/LVFospMdjY August 10th: Tutcetus rayanensis https://t.co/T6NCzxZeqa
RT @RSocPublishing: #ProcB in @Independent | A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: https://t.co/MQGaUf…
RT @RSocPublishing: #ProcB in @Independent | A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: https://t.co/MQGaUf…
RT @RSocPublishing: #ProcB in @Independent | A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: https://t.co/MQGaUf…
RT @RSocPublishing: #ProcB in @Independent | A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: https://t.co/MQGaUf…
#ProcB in @Independent | A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: https://t.co/MQGaUf2hfP #FossilFriday https://t.co/yNtCVD1MLm
RT @RSocPublishing: #ProcB in @guardian | A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: https://t.co/kGccu73aM…
RT @RSocPublishing: #ProcB in @guardian | A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: https://t.co/kGccu73aM…
RT @RSocPublishing: #ProcB in @guardian | A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: https://t.co/kGccu73aM…
#ProcB in @guardian | A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: https://t.co/kGccu73aMs #FossilFriday https://t.co/7mzy1Fsi3K
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RT @RSocPublishing: #ProcB in @nytimes | A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: https://t.co/T3JYe14PFA…
RT @RSocPublishing: #ProcB in @nytimes | A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: https://t.co/T3JYe14PFA…
#ProcB in @nytimes | A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: https://t.co/T3JYe14PFA #FossilFriday https://t.co/wWPokCZWl0
RT @PalaeoSmith: (Huge) Cambrian jellyfish https://t.co/uARDajEvmS With a proposal that other early "jellies" are ctenophores https://t.co…
RT @RSocPublishing: #ProcB in @ScienceMagazine | A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: https://t.co/8T…
(Huge) Cambrian jellyfish https://t.co/uARDajEvmS With a proposal that other early "jellies" are ctenophores https://t.co/qZ1ogKNCPC
RT @RSocPublishing: #ProcB in @ScienceMagazine | A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: https://t.co/8T…
RT @RSocPublishing: #ProcB in @ScienceMagazine | A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: https://t.co/8T…
#ProcB in @ScienceMagazine | A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: https://t.co/8TSNdqE3Su #FossilFriday https://t.co/ArEwiPLvvs
Prehistoric Marine Reptile Filter-Feeds Like A Whale | 7 Days of Science https://t.co/a4fwflD3uD
A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences https://t.co/hsDxWXZi8O
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RT @RSocPublishing: #ProcB in @newscientist | A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: https://t.co/GjHbL…
RT @RSocPublishing: #ProcB in @newscientist | A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: https://t.co/GjHbL…
RT @RSocPublishing: #ProcB in @newscientist | A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: https://t.co/GjHbL…
#ProcB in @newscientist | A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: https://t.co/GjHbL394XJ https://t.co/oh2vxwbPsI
A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale - https://t.co/JotzggKHCt #ScholarAlerts
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @sharafalsofiani: أعلن متحف أونتاريو الملكي (ROM) عن اكتشاف أقدم قنديل بحر معروف في السجل الأحفوري وهو المسمى حديثًا Burgessomedusa phas…
RT @MaryamATweets: The oldest known jellyfish at 505 million years old, one of my personal favourite fossils from the #BurgessShale, Burges…
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
أعلن متحف أونتاريو الملكي (ROM) عن اكتشاف أقدم قنديل بحر معروف في السجل الأحفوري وهو المسمى حديثًا Burgessomedusa phasemiformis . يبلغ من العمر 505 مليون عام . نُشر هذا الاكتشاف في مجلة Proceedings of the Royal Society B. https://t.co/N3fTBm8Q58 https://t.co/H17fKuZHHn
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @MaryamATweets: The oldest known jellyfish at 505 million years old, one of my personal favourite fossils from the #BurgessShale, Burges…
RT @PaleontologieFr: La faune de Burgess au
A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale (500 Myo) https://t.co/eUZH6IlXpO
RT @PaleontologieFr: La faune de Burgess au
RT @PaleontologieFr: La faune de Burgess au
La faune de Burgess au
RT @CambroJoe: Link is now active, and open access! https://t.co/wXzgNyjROW
ARTÍCULO REFERENCIA (acceso abierto) A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale https://t.co/8VgzclGr5v vía @RSocPublishing
RT @paleont_kt: バージェス頁岩から、カンブリア紀のクラゲの化石がみつかったようです、という記事→. https://t.co/UNSL5QHpdn 。論文はこれかな。英語ですが無料→. https://t.co/KQ9rl891QW 。
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @paleont_kt: バージェス頁岩から、カンブリア紀のクラゲの化石がみつかったようです、という記事→. https://t.co/UNSL5QHpdn 。論文はこれかな。英語ですが無料→. https://t.co/KQ9rl891QW 。
バージェス頁岩から、カンブリア紀のクラゲの化石がみつかったようです、という記事→. https://t.co/UNSL5QHpdn 。論文はこれかな。英語ですが無料→. https://t.co/KQ9rl891QW 。
La primera vez que salí de España para investigar, en un campo muy diferente al que trabajo ahora, estuve a 30 minutos en coche del fósil más antiguo de medusa jamás encontrado. Hay coincidencias asombrosas... https://t.co/28yAWQS4bJ
RT @pcart: and here https://t.co/vwJVsL98zQ
RT @pcart: and here https://t.co/vwJVsL98zQ
昨日出た論文(https://t.co/6MyaaLaoLT)で、カンブリア紀のクラゲと考えられている化石いくつかが有櫛動物(クシクラゲ類)として再解釈されましたが、これは明らかに誤っており今回記載されたBurgessomedusaを最古のクラゲとして喧伝するためだと反論されています https://t.co/FmxfHkV84S
RT @pcart: This is so they could say their newly described fossil is THE oldest jellyfish described. https://t.co/vwJVsL98zQ
RT @pcart: and here https://t.co/vwJVsL98zQ
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @MaryamATweets: The oldest known jellyfish at 505 million years old, one of my personal favourite fossils from the #BurgessShale, Burges…
RT @MaryamATweets: The oldest known jellyfish at 505 million years old, one of my personal favourite fossils from the #BurgessShale, Burges…
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @MaryamATweets: The oldest known jellyfish at 505 million years old, one of my personal favourite fossils from the #BurgessShale, Burges…
RT @MaryamATweets: The oldest known jellyfish at 505 million years old, one of my personal favourite fossils from the #BurgessShale, Burges…
RT @MaryamATweets: The oldest known jellyfish at 505 million years old, one of my personal favourite fossils from the #BurgessShale, Burges…
RT @CambroJoe: Link is now active, and open access! https://t.co/wXzgNyjROW
RT @MaryamATweets: The oldest known jellyfish at 505 million years old, one of my personal favourite fossils from the #BurgessShale, Burges…
RT @MaryamATweets: The oldest known jellyfish at 505 million years old, one of my personal favourite fossils from the #BurgessShale, Burges…
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale https://t.co/ISEuvWQwJZ
RT @pcart: This is so they could say their newly described fossil is THE oldest jellyfish described. https://t.co/vwJVsL98zQ
RT @pcart: and here https://t.co/vwJVsL98zQ
A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences https://t.co/4ZJUXFZrwr
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
and here https://t.co/vwJVsL98zQ
This is so they could say their newly described fossil is THE oldest jellyfish described. https://t.co/vwJVsL98zQ
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @MaryamATweets: The oldest known jellyfish at 505 million years old, one of my personal favourite fossils from the #BurgessShale, Burges…
RT @MaryamATweets: The oldest known jellyfish at 505 million years old, one of my personal favourite fossils from the #BurgessShale, Burges…
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @RSocPublishing: Burgessomedusa phasmiformis—the oldest #jellyfish in the #fossil record: https://t.co/tXWTIT4XSg #ProcB #Palaeobiology…
Welcome: Burgessomedusa phasmiformis, oldest macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. #BurgessShale #fossils #fossil #invertebrate #paleontology #palaeontology #Cnidaria #Burgessomedusaphasmiformis @Jella_ctenous @CambroJoe https://t.co/yfviFIZdnA https://t.co/44MZrDTK43
RT @MaryamATweets: The oldest known jellyfish at 505 million years old, one of my personal favourite fossils from the #BurgessShale, Burges…
RT @CambroJoe: Link is now active, and open access! https://t.co/wXzgNyjROW
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @RSocPublishing: Burgessomedusa phasmiformis—the oldest #jellyfish in the #fossil record: https://t.co/tXWTIT4XSg #ProcB #Palaeobiology…
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @CambroJoe: Link is now active, and open access! https://t.co/wXzgNyjROW
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @MaryamATweets: The oldest known jellyfish at 505 million years old, one of my personal favourite fossils from the #BurgessShale, Burges…
RT @MaryamATweets: The oldest known jellyfish at 505 million years old, one of my personal favourite fossils from the #BurgessShale, Burges…
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @Prehistorica_CM: Burgessomedua phasmiformis is a newly discovered jellyfish from the Raymond Quarry of the Burgess Shale. Reaching up t…
RT @MaryamATweets: The oldest known jellyfish at 505 million years old, one of my personal favourite fossils from the #BurgessShale, Burges…
RT @CambroJoe: Link is now active, and open access! https://t.co/wXzgNyjROW
RT @RSocPublishing: Burgessomedusa phasmiformis—the oldest #jellyfish in the #fossil record: https://t.co/tXWTIT4XSg #ProcB #Palaeobiology…
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biologic…
A macroscopic free-swimming medusa from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences https://t.co/9P8ZTZxmi4