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Fossil mistaken for caterpillar is first land-living lobopodian
short by Bhuvnesh Ojha / on 23 Jul 2025,Wednesday
The fossil Palaeocampa anthrax, which was first described in 1865 and thought to be a caterpillar, has turned out to be first land-living lobopodian. Former Harvard student Richard Knecht made the discovery after finding legs on every segment. Knecht and his team examined 43 specimens from two sites- Mazon Creek in the United States and Montceau-les-Mines in France.
short by Bhuvnesh Ojha / 09:29 pm on 23 Jul
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