[Rockhounds] Massive New Predator Discovered in Burgess Shale (Titanokorys gainesi)

[Paul]

“Absolutely Mind-Boggling” Massive New Animal Species Discovered
in 500 Million-Year-Old Burgess Shale. SciTechDaily, Sptember 8, 2021
https://scitechdaily.com/absolutely-mind-boggling-massive-new-animal-species-discovered-in-500-million-year-old-burgess-shale/

‘Spaceship-Shaped’ Fossil Reveals Hungry Predator of Ancient Oceans
Titanokorys gainesi, turned up in the Canadian Rockies, was among the
largest known predators 500 million years ago. Trilobites, New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/08/science/cambrian-fossil-radiodont.html

A Football-Shaped Animal Species Is Discovered In A 500-Million-Year-
Old Shale, NPR, September 9, 2021
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/09/1035510855/new-animal-species-discovered-500-million-years-old-shale-shell-canada

The open access paper is:

Caron, J.-B., and Moysiuk, J., 2021. A giant nektobenthic radiodont from
the Burgess Shale and the significance of hurdiid carapace diversity. Royal
Society Open Science. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.210664
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.210664

Yours,

Paul H.